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Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1846-09-09

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WEEKLY OHIO STATE JOURNA VOLUME XXXVII. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1846. NUMBER 2. I'UM.IMII'.I) KVKltY WKn.M'.SDAY MOHNING, BY CHARLES SCOTT & CO. Office in tho Journal Bui id inn. south-oast corner of High street anil Sugaraiiey. TKRMS: ' Tnurr n..t tins rit annum, which mav be discharged by the payment of Two I)oi.i,aii9 in advam-a, and free of postage, or of per cenlage to Aleuts or Collectors. The Jiirial m nlno piibliidicii daily during thn sctnion of uio Legislature, and thnceawoeatlHironiamooroi uio year for $l ami Ui rue timos u week, yearly, for Jjf-t. Franklin County Whig Ticket. FOR CiOVKKiNOK OF OHIO, WILLIM MU of Duller county. roMntttifti, DANIEL DUNCAN, of Licking co. 8KNATOR, J12NNET STUTSON, of Madison oo. BFrnKSICNTATIVItS, JOHN NOBLK, . JL'IIEMIAU CLARK. WILLIAM T. MARTIN. cnMMisnioiiKB, ADAMS STEWART. THItKCTOR or POOR HOl;sK, GEORGE FRANKENHERG. i'Kom-.ciJTtna ATTonr,y, JAMES L. HATES. VII1C MASS JIIIKTIXC On the 25th day of September. A Grand Maaa Mooting of the Whig of Franklin County will be held in this city, on Friday, the 2."th day of September. It 1 desirable to hold it that time meeting Utftt will surpass in numbers any assemblage convened in the State during the present Campaign. We wish the Whig of Old Franklin, the heart of the State, to claim precedence in this respect. It if but right they should. They were favored, gratified, by the selection of their first choice for Governor. No where in the State did Mr. Bebb make a morn favorable impression than in this county in 1844. Nowhere lias be warmer, more devoted friends than here. It is but fitting that evidence be given of this on the 25th proximo. Let us, then, have a GLORIOUS RALLY 1 At that time,- a heart-warmer a meeting that will give a new glow to our hopes, a new impulse to our feelings and labors in behalf of the good cause that we cherish. Let us have a gladsome greeting, such as old Franklin has not witnessed since thecvcr-mein-brable gathering of 1840, ono at which friends will meet friends, and as they hear the stirring appeals of the greatrst orators of the Went, pledge each other that if honest effort can accomplish it, tho Central County of the Stale shall roll up a majority equal to that of its palmiest days. , Hon. WM. BEI1IJ and Hon, THOS. C0RW1N, With other speakers of eminence will, it is expected, be present at that time. Yes, the eloquent Corwin will tell us of the doings of thu late Congress, the proceedings of which ho has watched throughout with intense interest. He will tell us how and why American Industry has been stricken down, and the thrice rejected Snh-Treasnry, with a WAR that will plunge the country into an enormous debt, br.nging in Its train, iu all probability, Direct Taxation, have been fastened upon the country. He will tell us why the appropriations for the A'ationat Itoad and for the hikes, Harbors and Utters of the West, were crushed under the heel of a Southern Administration. Mr. Bi:hb will discuss questions of State policy mainly. He will seak out his sentiments with the freedom and boldness of an hnncal man, who has nothing to conceal from those for whose suffrages he is a candidate. Ho will show by what menns corrupt parly leaders of the oposition managed to bring a crushing Debt on the Slate, what they did for the Currency and are aiming to do again. Ho will show the operations of the Taz Ijiw, and point out the true interests of this great Stale and the way in which its prosperity can bo promoted and its good name established.Whigs of Franklin! Wo call upon you to come up in your strength to lay aside your business for one day gather together your neighbors nf all parties, and see to 11 that every man who can Walk or Ride is present at the meeting, in tho State House Yard, at 10 o'clock, A. M., on the 25th day of September. The HkiitM of the City have pledged themselves to keep their Latrk Strings Out, and give you a cordial wel come. But il is chiefly to the 11 feast of reason and the flow of soul " we invite you. Let us come and reason together touching questions that are of the greatest moment to us and to our children. This is a crisis in the fate of the country. A dark, slavelmlding oligarchy has roared its crest and threatens to overshadow tho bright hopes of the country and thu dearest rights and interests of a free people. Ohio must stand in the breach! The Young Giant of the West must put forth her might to avert the threatened evil. The West has been deceived and betrayed by corrupt party leaders, and a contest is at hand in which she must vindicate her rights or bow her neck to the yoke ! Upl then! and to the work. Let a spirit of emulation prompt each township to do ils best in swelling the numbers of the grand assemblage. Let each neigh Imrhood send forth its hardy sons. Let old men renew their seal and young men fly to the rescue. Let tho li.Mli of September, ltG, be memorable iu the history of our county. By tho WHIG CENTRAL COMMITTEE August 37, lHKi. Voice ol" tho People 1 Our intelligence from all quarters of Ohio, never was more encouraging than at the present time. The people art tiiinkiko ; and this thinking will bo sure to bring them to the right conclusion. Never had Whig principles and measures so strong a hold on the people of Ohio, as at this time. Thousands of the opposition have no desire to seo their candidate! and cause successful, believing that the highest interests of the State of all classes will be piomoted by a perpetuation of Whig counsels. Nothing but the party lash, administered unsparingly, untiring labors to secure a tret organisation, can force such up to tho ballot box to cast their suttrages for David Tod, Rank Destruction, Unequal Taxation and Up return of the Reign of Rascality. And even that must fail, utterly fail, if we are but true to ourselves and our cause. With one accord our friends say, the only tiling wc have tu fear is a neglect to organize and to impress upon the Whigs, and honest voters of Ohio, the necessity of a thorough turn-out and energetic lalior. The harvest is ripe, but wo shall lose it, if we do not gather all our force into Die harvest field. It would not avail us if trn thousand Locofoco voters should stay at homo, if twenty thousand Wings should conclude that nutters would go well enough without their attendance at the polls. Wo must meet the strrrt efforts of our opponents, untiring as tee know them to be, by efforts just us thorough and effective, if not as secret. Wc must set in operation tho means that will reuder certain Uio attendance at tho ballot box of the full Wiiio stkknotii ol Ohio, and all will be well. If not, not. The following letter from a reliable Whig in ono of the townships of Brown county, (benighted Brown) to a friend in this city is moat encouraging. Wo give an extract from his letter, liecauw i. breathes the right spirit and gives the assurance receiveu irom so many other sources that the right fating exiata in tho Whig ranks a feeling that will do its work if seconded by right effort and tabor : " Gov. Bebb was in this (Brown) county on tho 4lh insl., accompanied by Mr. Woods, Auditor of State, both of whom addressed the people at Georgetown. Their speeches were well received, and if I am not more mistaken than I ever was in public sentiment in this township, our majority will he 25 per cent, greater than it ever was. What eflecl their speeches may have made in other sections of tho county I am unable to say. Our prospects in this section of the county rM irnlv onroii rairimr. Some of the very best men in our town and vicinity, who have heretofore sustained the party right or wrong, publicly declare that they nannut slid will not vote for Tod and Hard Money, but will sustain Bebb and a good currency. Mr. Woods' exposition of the frauds practiced in the management of our 1'uMio Works, has filled the Locofocos with consternation. Tho Whig Meetings nt Hamilton and Pleasant, The first held on Monday and the other oh Tuesday, were not so well attended as they would havo been had more effort been made to extend the notice. There was a misunderstanding as to the place of meeting in rieasant, owing to an alteration made in the handbills by sonic one prompted by a good purpose, but not a wise one. The meetings were addressed by Mr. Duncan and others, and it is believed with good effect. An amusing incident occurred at Plea- aunt, going to show the deception that has been practiced uKm those who are out of the way of public proceedings, by the Locofoco leaders. Mr. Duncan was speaking of the views of Mr. Tod on the Bank Question, tho changes they had undergone and his present position in favor of Bank Destruction. He sustained his remarks by reading from the letter of Mr. Tod and the proceedings of the Convention as published ollicialty in the Statesman. After hearing him read awhile an honest but deceived Locofoco remark ed so as to be heard by thoso near, "that's the dam'd-est Whig lit I ever heard ;' and he turned away per fectly disgusted at the attempt to palm the views contained in the resolutions and letter as thoso of Mr. Tod and the party ! Mr. D. saw him after tho meet ing and showed him the Statesman containing what ho had read. He still remained incredulous for a time. It could not be possible, he said, that thoso views were advanced and issues made by the leaders, tho re must be some deception in tho printing of tho paper it was printed by the Whigs with the Statesman's heading to drcciee! Why, said he, indignantly, "here s all my neighbors, good old democrats, theij all go with me fur Hanks and a mixed currency, and against the destruction of the present system that has furnished us a good currency!" Thus had this man and his neigh bors, who all meant to do right, been imposed upon by the party leaders, who while they preach Bunk De struction publicly and practice it as far as they can, endeavor to convince those of their followers, who are hostile to such a course, that tho chargo of being favorable to an exclusive metallic currency is all false ! This citizen of Pleasant tp, finally became convinced we believe, of thu deception that had been practiced upon him. Sawyer and Ilyiugtoul This pair of beauties havo been nominated for Con gross, by tho Locofocos of their districts. Think of tli at Master Brooks. Mcdary, Sawyer and Hy'tngton! Is'nt that a glorious tie of statesmen and patriots? Hard! Harder!! Hardkst!!! The old hard dynas ty is in tho ascendant in thn camp of the opposition ! A fine tinio of it the Stato would have, with her destinies onco more in their hands. What think you of such a restoration, " Democrats " of Ohio ! not forgetting Dickinson, the defaulter ; who went in office tol erably rich and is now said by one of his friends to be good for a quarter of million of dollars, yet refuses to restore to the State what the Investigating Committee have proved due according to his rendering of accounts. Sawyer, should ho get back again, can give us another chapter on tho beauties of the "spoils" system, as he proposes to h.ive it carried out, and take another link of those immortal sausages. Hyington can aid in despatching petitions to tho lower regions and strike another blow at vested rights in Church property, &c, &c. It strikes us, however, very forci bly, that the voters of the several Congressional Districts, will hardly swallow tho nauseating dose prepared for them by political empirics. Mr. Byington runs in the Rons District and ho will get leave to stay at home by a majority sufficient for practical purposes. Thurman considered tho case hopeless and declined a nomination. Sawyer secured a nomination in the Mercer district on the first ballot, though there was a strong opposition. Wo are nut without hopes of his dulcal, so corrupt is ho now known to be by many of his constituents. A Part of the Truth only! Tho Ohio Press of-Saturday and the Statesmen of Monday contain a communication addressed to tho people of Truro tp., by M. Martin, who is known at least by reputation (how farorably wo leave them to say) to most persons in these parts, as a sort of general runner for Locofoco leaders. We do not know but ho aspires to the prominency of a sort of leadership himself ona siiiallscale. Atatlevenlsnur neighbor of the Statesman has very jocosely attempted to pans him off as something more than plain Mat Martin, quite a wonderful and exceedingly useful sort of a genius. The communication of the said Marlin is devoted to an exhibition of proof that Mr. Bi:nKit;,i, of Georgia, voted against the Tariff of 1H42; a point called in question, it is alleged by Messrs. Dincax and Dkkmsd.y, at a political meeting hld in Truro tp., one day lost week. Martin is right as to the vote, but why did he not tell tho whole truth? Why did he not tell why, Mr, Berrien voled againitl tho Tariff of 1842; it would havo taken but little time, and would havo enabled the people of Truro to judge how near correct the disputants were in the ease. Thai, however, was not the object. Tho truth was not what he wauled. The whale truth, if told, would have defeated the very object he had in view. John i. A hams and John M. Butts also voted against the Tariff of 1842, with many other equally staunch Whigs. And why? Because they were opposed to the principle of the bill, its main features and details ? By no manner of means, They, as also Mr. Berrien, were among the moat earnest supporters of tho Tariff of 184 'J, in all its leading provisions, and all spake in furor of it! This fact wss well known to Mr. Martin, lie sow the evidence of.it in looking for what he did publish. Why, then, did these men vote against the Tariff of I H 12 Chiefly, solely, we may say, localise of their determination not to yield to the dictation and extraordinary assumptions of John Tyler, who had vetoed the Tariff Bill passed by Congress, becauso of a provision it con tained in behalf of tho distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the Stales. The Whigs had provided in passing the Distribution Act, in lrtll,that if it should become necessary to levy mure than a 20 per cent, duty on imports, thu distribution should not take place. It was an unwise provision, and was taken advantage of by Mr. Tyler, who finally, (in 112) refused to allow tho Tariff and Distribution to go together. Mr. Adams and others were vehement against yielding to the Executive, while others (a sufficient number to carry it,) concluding that if they could not havo the whole loaf they would have half a one, passed the Tariff bill with a very alight alteration, and without the Distribution clause. Wo state these facts mainly from recollection, but believe theni to bo correct to tho letter. That Mr. Berrien was an earnest advocate of the principle of protection engrafted on the bill of IKI2 and friendly to its leading provisions, we aro quite certain ; and this fact was just as well known to Martin as that Mr. Berrien voted against tho bill on its final passage, but ho did not wish tli tho fact should bo known to tin me who read ha communication.We owe an apology, perhaps, to our readers for noticing Mat's communication; but it was noticed only becauso of Um prominence given it by thu Press and Statesman. Those journals were willing to lend themselves to Uio perpetration of what they knew was, in in effect, a fraud and deceplon. Hence our nulice. Givr. us Banks ami you shall iiavk IIiuii Pkicks I was the clamored doctrine ol whiggery, while the paper machines of the old regimen were wasting their last sands in '41 -'42. They kept up the cry, and finally gained in their stead tho present batch. Cm. Adrertiser, This declaration goes the rounds of tho Locofoco presses about four times a year. It is time to check it up. We deny that any such assumption was ever put forth as Whig doctrine. It ts the coinage of a Loco- toco brain. What the Whtgs have always said and what lliey slill say is thut if you strike down the pa per currency and confine us tu an exclusive metallic, currency as is proposed by Tod, Tappan ty Co., you will inevitably bring down the price of labor as well as the prices nf produce, although not always in the same ratio. Thoso know who havo examined the matter that it is impossible to provide for this country a me tallic currency equal to its wants, the present demands of business, or tho present circulation of paper and metals. Gross as are the absurdities they occasionally advocate, Tappan & Co. never pretended that the precious metals could bo secured to the country equal to its present mixed circulation. On the contrary, Tap- pan, Buchanan, Walker, Benton, and all the champi ons of a metallic currency admitted that the destruction of Banks and Bank paper would bring down prices and the value of tabor! They contended that prices would come down and therefore a reduction of wages would not bo felt. Tappan and othors contended that the only way in which wc could compote with foreign manufacturers and producers would bo to bring down prices and labor Is tho first fact not established bo- fore us at this time. Flour, superfine, is worth but four dollars per barrel in Now York, under the present Locofoco dynasty, (lower than over before known,) yet it cannot bo exported and sold for cash without a very henry loss! Now, how are we to sell our surplus grain in Europe? Tho only way, evidently, is to tut down the price of Wheat and Flour still lower! And, under Lbeufaeo free-trade, the wages nf mechanics and laborers are going down in order to allow our manufacturers a chance to compete with the poorly paid la bor of Europe ! These are facts the Advertiser can not gainsay and it will not make the attempt; nor will its Co-workers in behalf of low wages and low prices- Mr. Buchanan a European standard. That an abundant circulating medium will aid in keeping up prices we have always contended and still contend, and that a contracted currency will contract prices is equally true, and will hold good save wheii the demand very greatly exceeds tho supply. But tho Whigs never said that the mere establishment of banks could give high prices of itself, when the whole policy of the government is calculated to cripple those banks, injure their credit and destroy their circulation. Wo have now In-fore us the Haiti more Sunn professedly neutral paper, but one that does not condemn the Sub Treasury and that takes every convenient occasion to defend the measures of the administration, in which the admission is distinctly made that our 14 domestic. productions" have been ' ENHANCED " in price by Uio "cheapened currency. i no tuveriiser quoteu approvingly a tew days since from the Sun, suppose it nkes room lor this admission ol that paper: 11 Tim Independent Treasury, so far as it tends to narrow Bunk isxues, is specially to be desired by manu- 'aeturers. " Hie CObI ol domestic I'rouuciioiis IS HO ENHA NCED by the cheapened currency, Hut foreign manufactures come iu in spite of tho protection afforded by the Tariff designed to shut them out" it disables as from competing with those who pro duce under dearer currency," Pkhht County. Thu Whigs of tins county met in convention at Rehobolh, on tho 2Jd iust., and placed in nomination the following ticket : For Representative, David Rkam ; Auditor, John J Jackson; Sher iff, Henry Kelley; Commissioner, Thos. 1 1 iff; Coro ner, Jeremiah Diggs. This ticket is a strong one, and will call out the full Whig strength of Perry. We are mislaken, il it does not como a little nearer success than such tickets usually do in Perry county. Tint canity has been sadly misruled by a few Locofoco demagogues, and facts have boon exhibited with in a short time to convince its voters of the fact, even if tho I!) mills tax on the dollar had'nt an eloquent tongue of ils own in behalf of a change. The following are a few of the resolutions adopted at the County Convention, fur which wo are indebted to the Somerset Post : Rrsolred, That Tod, their hard money candidate, refusing to discuss with our candidate IteJore the peo olv of this State, thu great issue Banks and Curren cy, or no Banks, no Currency, is a sure indication of Urn weakness ol ins cause, aim ttiai an good ci lire n should spurn such a demagogue. Itttolerd, That our opponents dare not discuss the irreat issues between tho two parties, but have endea vored to cloak themselves under the mantle of the Tax Law, hoping by that means to evade thu scrutin- iiinir eve of the ncoulo. iirsolrrd, That we agree to meet our gallant Bebb on the Mth of September, in Somerset, and there pro. uounce to him that his principles aro right, and will orova it on the second '1 ttcsdiv in October. Ueiideed, That in P. B. Johnson, our candidate for Congress, we havo every hopo nf success ami will rally to a man to accomplish that great object for our country 's good. WhoiieTntcs arc Increased I Upon whom mainly tho mc roused tax of the present year falls upon what class of citizens the Dayton Journal has attempted to show by reference to the tax paid last year and that to be paid this year by a few wealthy men of Dayton. Its facta do not speak as loudly as those adduced in this county ; for twit of the citizens of Columbus pay heavier tax on personal property than half Ms townships of the eouniy mdded to gether! and these same individuals in IH44 paid a mere trifle into the Treasury, not worth mentioning. Had our friend ef tho Dayton Journal made a comparison between 1844 and IHIti, Uio o iteration of the present lax law as compared with the old on the wealthy capitalist and money lender would have been more striking. But this speaks for itself: Now how is the fact ? Do the wealthy men in town" nav less than heretofore? If general facts are Lo be relied on, they do not wy lets, but mare, for last year the taxes in Dayton tawnhip were 27,207 4!' wiiuo mis year mey ana i4,ii , nitirw -h .Ji."i,4Hi !7 the inorease in the whale county being but ' Villi H7. Ilia evident, then, that more than one- half the incrrawd taxation of the entire county falls upon Dayton Township. But on what class does it fall ? M the farts determine. Wc have seleclrd at ran doiu eleven wealthy individuals, and compared lite taxes paid by them in 1M. and to be paid in lo4(i, on personal property alone i In lltLA. f Mi Illinois. The delegation of this Stato in the next sent one : six Locofocos and one Whig. Their names aro Robert Smith, John A. McClemard, Orlando B. Ficklin, John Wetitwnrth, Stephen A. Douglass, Thomas J. Turner and Abraham Lincoln. Tho last named member is a Whig, and from the old Massachu setts stock. Turner was elected in thetith district by Mormon votes, purchased by the appointment to office of a leading Mormon, who had boon charged with the murder of an unoffending citizen. Hon. Samukl F. Vinton has been renominated, (as wo learn through the Gallipolis Journal,) for Con gress, by the Whigs of tne 12lh Congressional District, composed of the counties of Athens, Meigs, Gal lia, Hocking and Lawrence. The district is decidedly Whig. There was a little misunderstanding and dif ficulty in tho Athens delegation, a majority of which was favorable to Hon. C. Morris. With our knowl edge of the character and standing of Mr. M. as a Whig, wo cannot doubt that he will use his influence to allay ill-blood and unite at the ballot-box the whole Whig strength of his county and district. Which is thk Rumen Party? Tho Montreal Cctirier, of the lith inst., referring to the passage of Mr. McKay's bill for the encouragement of British Manufactures, says: "AS ENGLISHMEN WE ARE OF COURSE PLEASED THAT THE TARIFF IS ABOLISHED, as taken in conjunction with the abolition of our Com Laws, it will open an im- mensemarket for us; but IP WE WERE AMERICANS WE SHOULD CERTAINLY BE TARIFF MEN." Amii.and Co. Thu difficulties in relation to tho county seat of this new county do not seem to be fully settled as yet. The vote in the spring was very decided in favor of Ashland as Iho counly seat ; but owing to a little neglect in complying with ono of tho requisitions of the law creating the county, an injunction has been granted by Judge PinntK, of Mansfield, on the application of citizens of Haycsville, en joining the citizens of the former town from all pro ceedings in the erection of public buildings until such time as the injunction may havo been dissolved. The delay is, we judge, but temporary. Thk MottKitN British Plutarch ; or, Lives of Men Distinguished in the Recent History of England for their talents, virtues or achievements. By W. C. Taylor, L. L. D., of Trinity College, Dublin, author of " A Manual of Ancient and Modem History," A'c. Harper & Brothers, New York, Whiting & Huntington, Columbus. TIip design of the author in tho production of this work was a good one ; we are not prepared tu say how far ho succeeded in accomplishing it. A long list of the brightest names nf England figure nn its pages, with our own Franklin, as worthy as the ticat of them, although his career was not as brilliant as that of some of thu Englishmen, of a colempuranonus age. The biographies of thirty-eight distinguished men are embraced within the limits of one small votuino, poet, statesman, philanthropist, divine, philosopher, sage, historian and soldier arc grouped together a nolitu host among them Burns, Burke, Davy, Scott, He- Iter, Pitt, Chatham, Wilberforce, Byron, Goldsmith, Sheridan and Hastings, The design was to acquaint tho young of the age and tho young generally, with those great men who luvo just passed off tho stage of action, b it whose names are as "familiar as household words," who wero actors in scenes now historical, but so recent as to bo familiar with some now living. Their history, however, who they were, the incidents of birth and early life with tho salient trails of character, arc not so well known as they should bo. It is this deficiency Mr. Taylor has attempted to supply and to a good advantage. Thk ExrxniTio?) to Bohnko of II. M. 8, Dido for the Suppression of Piracy : with extracts from the Journal of James Brooke, Esq., of Sarawak, (now agent for lite British Government in Borneo,) by Capiain the Hou. Henry Kcppel, R. N. Harper & Brothers, N. York; Whiting & Huntington, Columbus. The islands of the Asiatic Archipelago aro tho scenes of this stirring narrative. The treacherous and cruel Malay esc, with their habits, character, condition, &-C. Ac, are fully portrayed by Cr. plain Kep-pel and Mr. Brooks. Tho Journal of tho latter occupies a considerable portion of the work before as, and deservedly. He took up his abode among tho May-layese with the laudable purpose of extending to them tho blessings of civilization, suppressing piracy, (to which so large a portion of them have so long been addicted,) and extirpating the slave trade. Ever ec-tivo and indefatigable, moving from point to point, he could not fail to acquire an intimate knowledge of the people, nor could he fail to present us with incidents and adventures of deep interest. A more readable book, and one abounding more with stirring incident and valuable information, has rarely been presented. This is tho first American edition from the first Lon- Ion edlition, the work having made its appearance last season in England. Q.J' Wc give place to-day to several correspondents to the exclusion of matter of our own. II. G. Phillips, 1. i;. Ilaraus, F. liebhart, D. & S. Turnpike, Win. Hufimaii, seiir., Mrs. Peirce, Mrs. P. Steele, QT Col. Ton ii, our lalo Minister Plenipotentiary at St. Petersburg, arrived in this city, from the east, hy way of the lakes, yesterday morning and left for Cincinnati, last evening. Ho is in excellent health, and says ho never enjoyed belter health than at the Court of Iho Czar. Ho was in Russia five years, having been apiuinlcd by Gen. Hauribon, we believe. He returned a month or two since and had an opportunity of giving his successor, R. t. Inokhsoll, of Conn., some useful information and directions a week or two since, at Washington. Ho left St. Petersburg in three feet snow. He does not credit the rumor a Host that Mr. I. of Connecticut, received tho nllico in trust for C. J. Ingersoll, to be given lo the latter by tho President when Congress adjourned ; it not being considered safe to trust his nomination to the Senate. Col T. is a man of great worth and deserves the thanks of llie country for the manner in which he acqiiitled him I self as the Representative of this country in one of The new Tax Law is benominff more ' tho roost powerful nations in iho old world. He was popular with the people of all parties every day. II well's " Tax Killer is doinir us as much good as ting else some of the subscribers have become so disgusted w iUi it lhat they refuse to take it out of Hit post office." Mr. Lf.wii, the " Liberty " candidate for Governor passed through tins place, a few days since, on his way home, as wo have been informed, owing to ontinucd i U-health, occasioned by speaking too much in Mansfield at tho time of tho Whig meeting there and made a few well limed remarks, as we learn. The New York Express of Monday afternoon says i The enormous expense nf the Government is produ cing its natural effect on the price of Government stocks; and holders are now willing lo tell at lowet rales. Sales of u s at 104&, look place at a decline oi 1 4 per cent, upon the last sale ; and ol G's at a decline of 1 per cent." nouo &l hi none I OH o; lionu Hi 111 7 : II H Vili 'M ii; ',m In in mi. (Kill f4 ;'( :i v.i mi no no IH7 7." 'J 10 4.'i llli 10 1 II. 40 i:c iNi t7 J. llAihlimau, sen., Geo. Umbatigtl, "From this exhibit of "faels and figures, " il will bo seen lhat eleven wealthy individuals puy Una year nearly four times as much lax as they did last year on the same description ol property ana wax umi, hoi withstanding thu rate ol taxation in me lownamp is reduced I'mm ftV4 174 on the hundred dotlara to U 00 on the hundred dollars." MiisorHi. Return neatly complete render certain Uio election of five Locofoco members of Congress. Nochange. Their names are Bowlin, Jamison, Green, Phels, Hall. The Legislature, as wo learn from Iho St. Irfims Republican, is decidedly Locofoco as usual. The new Constitution has been rejected hy a majority of between seven and eight thousand voles. Tho Republican intimates that the largest counties of the Stale hat e been so shame fully disfranchised under the old Constitution that if something is not done soon a revolution will bo witnessed. The largo counties which pay nearly all the tax will not consent to go without representation. They will refuse to pay Taxes unless representation goes hand in hand with Taxation. This would be an alarming stale of affairs ; one only to be resorted lo in tho last alternative. Yet, it cannot bo supposed that tho wrongs borne by the larger counties will longer Im submitted to. Cl.KRMONT Coi'NTV. Tho WlllgS of IlliS COUIlty, who are determined not lo give up the ship, have run up their flag and rushed into iho thickest of the ftghl. Their ticket is headed by Dr. 8. J. Alkxanhkn, for Representative, a good and true man. We have re ceived the first No. of a Whig campaign paer out me need there. " Rough and Ready " is the cognomen it boasts, and it promises to be both, as its opponent will acknowledge. T. M. Llwik, Editor. Pknksvlvania Canal. Tho Pittsburgh Gazette siys that the breaches in Uio canal of lhat Slate have I been repaired. Correspondence of Uio N. Y. Tribune. Tho Lead Trade In the West. Gai.kna, 111., Aug. 12, H4(i. The Free Trade Ihmaernru of Ihis great lead region are looking about to see what has hurt them. Smce the passage of Sir R. Walker's British Tariff Bill, our greal staple (Lead) has fallen sixty cents on llie bun- iireu pounds. J nree weeas ago u som quica tor mrre dollsrs and ten cents per hundred; now it foes hard at Iwo dollars and fifty cents. 1 lie poor aimer, who linds llie price oi nis mineral suddenly cut down from eighteen dollars to thirteen dollars per Umusand, can now come up out of hia shaft and inquire, " who is Jumts K. Voik f" lours, iruiy. State Unit It or Ohio. This institution is composed of Branches located in different nans of tho Slate, irovcrncd by a Board of Control, whoso president signs every note issued hy Uie branches ; each branch is compelled to tako the notes ol all the others, and are compeiieu to ro-drem Uieir notft, on presentation, in specie or go into bankruptcy. Iu Uial case a fund of ten per cent, on all issues, which is deposited for that purpose, is used to tako up the notes of the failing branch; but the notes themselves sic at once reedemed ; so thai H one branch fails the other must take up its notes and tho Hoard ot loutroi aeepsaciieck against our issues. Thus the nolo bolder w secured against any possible THE INDEPENDENT RANKS Are likewise compelled to take upeach other's notes; and if ono fails, its assrts immediately pass to tho Treasurer of State, who winds up ita buaitiess and redeems its circulation bv the sale of the Stale stock deposited with him. That he may always do Ibis, each tank must denosiln with him on dtdlar of Oant or t ailed Stales Hands for erery dollar they issue and lliey are not allowed tu issue any notes except thoee furnished by the treasurer. They are required heaidca this, to keep on hand Unrty per cent, of their circulation in gold and silver, which makes one dollar and thirty cents lo rederm every dollar in circulation. Our present Ranking systems furnish tins kind of a currency. Nonnedonbts its solvency, and all know il to be practically as good as epecie. Iocofcos ask us to destroy these systems and declare for hard money, in theory, while in fact, wo shall only adopt Die issues nt the banks ol inuiana, aiiciiigan, Virgi nia, cVc. 1 his is thn issue he tore the people ; and at llie next election they will be called iiHn to decide whet Iter lliey will have a curreuey n paper, Wliiclt will not nay taxes, for their own use, but must annu ally raise siecie, at a great sacrifice, for tho ottice-hoiders. Hntler Intellinrnetr. Tiik Vot.i'NTKKR Knurrs. As the Six Months Volunteers have now all been discharged, we give tho following correct list ol the I weivo Months Volun leer forces now in the field Cincinnati Atlas. Attai iird to Urn. Ttvi.on's CowvtNit. Three Regiments Ohio Volunteers, Infantry. Three " Indiana Two ' Illinois Two Kentucky " Two h Tenn. Two " Texas Mounted. One " Alabama 11 Infantry. Ono " Georgia " One " Mississippi" One Battalion Maryland " " Attu hi ii to Gr.N. Wool's Coismnt. Two Rrgimenta Illinois Volunteers, Infantry. One w Kentucky " Mounted. Ono " Tennessee " " One " Arkansas " " ATTtrtiMi to Gr.t. KrARNlVs CoVMAKII. One Regiment Missouri Volunteers, Mounted. One Company " " " Out Reg t " Infantry. Ftr the Ohio State Journal. The Poet. Tho new moon treads the azure sky, The stars iu glory walk on high, The dews of night fall fast and chill, And sighs the wind around Uie hill, Moaning in fitful gusts aud wild Like a fond mother o'er her child ; The lake is calm, in distance lying, And Echo's voice seems scarce replying To the sad wind, or mournful bin) Which from that ancient oak is hoard ; Oh who, mid this, on yonder height, Alone with Nature and tho night I Who itands upon that peak so high In bold relief against the sky f As if to solemn thought tddreit His folded arms lie on his breast, From hia broad brow Uio sunny hair Is Dung back careless on the air His cheek is pale, but falls his glance Keen as the gleam of warrior's lance j Ami on his curving lip of pride Sublimest joy sits deified! Tell me, what doth he, pausing there, Looking far up the deep blue air f It is it is Uie Poet youth The prophet.bard of Nature's truth, The high of soul, upon whose brow God's seat doth like a star-Hamc glow Radiant and beautiful! whose task The pure Immortals well might ask-Within whose heart's cell ever burn High thoughts, like stars in Night's blue urn) And whose clear voice, so deep and kind, Charms, blesses, glorifies mankind ! Upon him from his earliest day A golden charm from Nature lay. Which bode the world, to others dim, Reveal a beauteous realm to him, And scam as fair as when she burst From her Creator's hand at first ; And let him go whore'er he will That charm of life is 'round him still. To him tho simplest flower that blooms The rose-bud, laden with perfumes, The lily, pale as cloistered nun, The cowslip, colored by Ihe sun, Tho meek-eyed violet's grassy bed, Tho dainty daisy tipped with red ; E'en lichens from tho rude rocks bowing, Am) butter-cups, in meadows growing, And moss that wavca by waters clear, Gives inspiration fresh and dear. He loveth, loo, Earth's living things : The bumming bird on radiant wings, Like a plumed jewel, fallen down All glittering, from a rainbow's crown ; The lark that sings, tho soaring eanle, Thu bounding doe, tho baying beagle, The lamosin sorting wild with play On a green bank, of summer day ; All tliesc. and vales, and dashing floods And thickets deep, and wild old woods Where springs are born, which tho bright sun Strives through thick leaves to look upon And mountains brown, and heaving sea, Grand in its deep toned minstrelsy j Those clurm him, whether lit at morn By the sun's early torch, or warm Willi the thick lira which noon-tide showors, l.iko smill, bright ram on thirsty llowers, Or whether fsir and soft they lie Steeped in calm evening's rosy dye ! But better far tliau these he lores, The glorious niuht, when fields and groves, In their thrice sacred beauty spread, Solemn as mourners o'er the dead When all gay Nature's myriad forms, (Sofancy-hued in Day's wide arms,) Now, in one sombre garb arrayed, How down and worn hip in the shade Of the great temple (Jod hath made ! Whose floor is earth's circumference wide, Whose organ is ihe ocean's tido, Wlxrao pillars aro the mountains high, Whose lamps the stars, whose roof the sky j That temple where both great and small Proclaim God in, above, through all ! Yea, when the Night spreads out her tent With golden orbs of light besprent, The Poet seeks yon lofty mound, And scans the dreamy landscape round The darkened woods, the distant river, And the stars shining on forever-Nature's dear child, most glad with her, To be a silent worshipper! And as he gazes, o'er his soul Those titles of song in music roll, Which yet shall break on time's dark shore, Aud ring melodious, evermore! Oh, solemn Night ! thine Is the hour When Poesy hath deepest power, Wlicn inspiration, like a Hood Of mellow glory, bids the blood Dance swifter through the veins, and fires The heart with fond and proud desires j Thine is the hour when most we love To radiate towards the Soul above When tender thoughts abroad are stealing, Ami tender wishes, past revealing Thine is the hour for dreams most bright Then let the Poet lore Uie fxigtit! Seplember, III 16. B. T. C. r. Bcbb-Tho Meeting at Mansfield-A Rich Discussion. The letter below, from our Mansfield correspond lent, will be read with interest by tho readers of Uie Journal. The annunciation that Mr. Bebb is on Uie stump again, with improved health, is very grati ing. Il will be seen also, by Uie admirable letter of our correspondent, (from whom we hope to hear frequently) that the fire became too hot for a portion of Ihe Hards of Mansfield, and they ventured into a discus sion. 1 hat they paid dearly for their temerity will not admit of a question. Old " Rough and Ready " was too well posted up in matters for our friend tht District Attorney, backed as he was by Mr. Brinkerhoff, host antics in Uio late Congress havo givon him an unenviable notoriety. They will nut venture out again : Correspondence of the Ohio Slate Journal. M AitsriKLD, Sept. 1, 134G. JUy Dear Sir .The Whig meeting of yesterday was very respectable in poiut of numbers, but yet not so largo as were uio meetings of 1H40 and 1844 There was but little parade of any kind, but all, every ono, seemed anxious to hear lhat able expounder and defender of Whig principles, Mr. Bebb. The meeting waa organized shortly after dinner, in the Grove oaal of town, wero the multitude were addressed by Mr. Bebb, for tht space of about ono hour and a half. never, in any similar meeting in old Richland, or else where, saw such marked attention paid to any man, aa to Mr. Bebb during the whole of hia speech. never before had the pleasure of hearing Mr B., (I his being bis first appearance in Richland,) but from re presentations I had been led lojauppnae him to bo one il Ohio s moat gilled orators, and his speech yester- lay proved my supposition to be correct. It is not an extraordinary style of flowery declamation, but an inprrssive earnestness, brevity and simplicity of man ner and illustrations by which his propositions art demonstrated, lo which Mr. Bebb is indebted for his gieat and growing popularity with the people as a stumper. His remarks wort eontined principally to matters of State policy, although he briefly touched in connection upon tho aubiect ol the eubtreasury and Tariff. He was listened to with most marked attention, which was only interrupted by deafening shouts of applauao during his delivery, from the sturdy yeo manry assembled. Col. Tod, Isle Minister to Russia, being present. waa introduced to the meeting, but in cuusrquence of Iho hour for his departure to the South, having arnv d, was only enabled to wish Uio cause " uod speed, and leave the stand, which was then taken by your estimable fellow citizen Hon. John Woods, Auditor of State. Mr. Woods dwelt principally upon the condi tion of our Slate finances, and from his known ability and the facts in the case, you may well supKae that he siieweu men a uian oi locoico corruption ana misrule as never belore had been shewed in old Richland. In the course of his remarks he incidentally touched upon the attempts of T. W. Bartlcy and others, to ruin Hit credit at uio mate taith mine two or three years go. i his Drought lorth a challenge irom tne uisirtct Attorney to Mr. Woods to meet hun in discussion at the Court Hoimo iu the evening, which waa at onoe accepted bv Mr. Woods. r.veningcame, and with it a large crowd composed ol horn political parlies, with their respective champions. Moderators were chosen, and ihu iiiue allotted was to Mr. Hartley one hour and ten minutes, and to Mr. W. one hour. Mr. Hartley was then to hsve iW minute and Mr. Woods l, and the debale to close. The District Attorney began by attempting to clear his kirt of the char ire of repudiation which had been laid to him, and then he launched forth into a tirade of alius of the Whivnarlv. the lax law and llankinolaw He charged that Uio I'iuudor act of March IK 17, bad been passed by a Whig Legislature, and made numerous and similar tame atlcuipls to put tho odium of our present embarrassment upon the Whig parly. When he had spoken his allotted time, Mr. Woods, or " Old Documents," as he is te lined here now, (for ho carries the documents with him) look the stand, and in little less than half an hour had answered every argument or objection urged or put forth by Mr B. agmiiHt the Whig party or their measures, in a manner entirely aatisfactory to all, which was attested by the frequent bursts of applause and approbation which the assembled crowd gave him. He did not do as his opponent had done, make statements without proving their iruth from Ihe books." Mr. W. then said that having nothing else on hand he would occupy the balance of his time on " mailers and things in general," which he did in a humorous and interesting statement of the benefit of the iftw Tax law. Mr. W. showed himself to be fully master of Uie subject, and commanded the most pro-found attention ol men of all parties. Before he had got half through with his allotted time, it became evi-dent that his documentary evidence and faithful narration of facts had taken effect upon tho District Attorney who showed his irritation by frequently interrupting Mr. W. and putting to him impertinent questions. Mr. B. again took the stand, and during tho thirty minutes allotted him, made use of the tune-by reiterating his disapprobation of tho Locofoco scheme of repudiation, and by making a personal attack upon Mr. W to which Mr. W. reioincd in a most scathing speech for twenty minutes, which had thu effect to bring the District Attorney moro than a dozen times, during its delivery, and at its termination, to call upon his friends Gen. Newman and Hon. J. Brinkerhoff, to come to his rescue. The former of the gentlemen was not so silly as to throw himself into the breach made by Mr. B. iu their walls, but Mr. Brinkerhoff, (who all know, has of late made some pretensions to military fame,) being somewhat moro hardy, and smarting under a severe rebuke administered to him during tho day, took occasion to make use of Uie opportunity to make a most unifentlemaiilv. vulirar and ahusivo attack upon Mr. Bebb, for which at its conclusion he was greeted by most unqualified demonstrations of disapprobation by hia hearers and what was worse tor him he felt into Ihe hands of Mr. Woods. who replied to him, and by producing tho remarks of tho " Washington Mirror upon Mr. Br nkcrhorT, and rending a short extract from the speech of Mr. Hunt of New York, (in rhyme,) served to throw our worthy v-uiifriuHBiniiii mioa period conniption nt. j he meet ing uicn gave three cheers lor William Bebb and three for "honkst John Wuodi," and at l-i o'clock ad- journed. Messrs. Ifcbh and Woods have made a favorable im. pression upon the minds of the people, and their visit will have tho effect of rousing our Whigs to action, and bring out their whole strength nn tho Ud Tuesday l'f,.lM ().... u. l.i , i ui upturn. . vui n-uMV lie UCUUIHlllr IXTIUT CqUSinit'O with our new lax law, and every day shows its increasing popularity with the farming aud laboring classes of community. " Hard-money" has no advocules here, no i now iar party arm win succeed in bringing them into tho ranks and suniiort of Ihe ticket, remains to be seen hereafter. Yours truly. P. 8. Mr. Bebb left yesterday eveiiimr with impro ving health for Bucyrus, where lie nddresttcs a meeting to-day and intends addressing a meeting at Upper Sandusky Uiis evening. McC05MELSVILI.E. Auit. 2H. 18 Hi. Editor of the Journal : a it nut : J ho lunatic party held their district convention in this village yesterday to nominate a candidate lor Congress. In order to collect a mighty concourse this convention was called on the day that Sam'l Lowia was to address tho Liberty party in this counly. At II o'clock, A. M.,thcnicctingwascallcd to order by Mr. Me Coy, of Washington county, when winery ncys, oi morgan, was called to the chair, and David Putnam, Jr., was made Secretary. An enquiry was madu whether the Congressional delegates were present. Mr. Dunn, of Mormn, said he presumed they were all present who intended lo 1m there. That there was one nt the Morgan county delegation in attendance. Thero was no delegates announced from cither Washington or Perry. Mr. McCoy then moved that a Mr. Law ton, whose given name I forget, be the Linerly candidate Lot tins Congressional district. This motion waa seconded. After due time for deliberation, tho Chairman put the question rim race : " vou who ore in favor of Mr. Law ton being the Congressional candidate for Uiis district manifest it by saying aye." six voices responueo "aye.' ui these prouutiiy ont half wero delegates. Tho remainder were volunteers. 1 he exact number of Liberty men who attended this Convention, who will vote Iheir ticket, and who camt up to hear Mr. Lewis' speech, cannot bo exactly given. u was noi icss man six nor over niteen. Alter the nomination, a Mr. Hudson, a lunatic liberty man, who accompanies Mr. Lewis in his perambulations, waa called on for a speech. He is a man of some learning, great earnestness, and fair talent; one who is well calculated for such a crazy work of mischief, fie has a lively imagination, which affords him an inexhaustible fund of facts. On Una fund ho drew without stint. He is unquestionably consciencious. but when lit could not find such facts as he wanted to use against miu uiri no arew on nis imagination lor hem ; and this order waa invariably honored. He made a speech of about an hour made an appointment for Mr. Lewis at H P. M , when he renewed his speech, and continued unlil hall' past five. Mr. Lewis came not In Washington county 1 presume they will give quile a number of votes. In this county very few. These Liberty men are a strange compound. They are consciencious, crazy, and impracticable, and they seem united for the express purjiose of playing at cross-pur poses wnn themselves, and ot detesting their own ends. They have never attempted a political object hut what they have defeated; nor the prevention of a piece of villainy but what has been consummated through Iheir agency. The Whigs of Morgan are all opposed to Southern dictation, snd feel sensitively as men can feci, Uio insolence of Southern aggression. On this most exciting subject there is a like feeling by the Whigs and Uie abolitionists, and yet the Whigs are powerless because of the crazy conduct of the abolitionists. If we treat them as sane men should be treated, Uiey complain that we lack charity and want common courtesy. If wo extend charily and common courtesy towards them, they raise the hue and cry that we want in im very iricnuiy to get their votes. Hence we have with one accord concluded to let them elect their own President, iheir own Congressmen, their own Senators, Representatives, and county officers, and lo go on their own way rejoicing. Wo can elect our Stato and county tickets at all events they may give the Congressional district to the Locos, for wt can't afford tu lose 100 or IM votes. Our most efficient anti-slavery men are becoming decided iu the opinion that Southern aggression can only be met by uio vt mgs, mna ono oi uie most mnueniiai men oi int anti-slavery party said ycalerrlay, that " if ever tht Black Lawa were repealed the Whiga would do it." Respectfully, The War with Mkxico. The Washington correspondent of tho New York Journal of Commerce writes under date of the 27 ill August I learn that a cabinet council was held yesterday, on the subject of our relations with Mexico, and esMci-ally in reference to the recent demonstrations of tire Santa Anna party ; and Uiat it was determined to take no further steps, diplomatic or belligerent, in regard to Mexico, until tht result of Uit revolution shall bo known. The fleets art to remain inactive which, bv the way, is what they are just fit for and (Jen. Taylor is to continue lo menace an invasion, until the new Santa Anns government shall bo established. If diplomacy should then fail, Uie war is to he commenced in earnest, and means aro to be found to render our very expensive naval establishment somewhat Iras useless than it has hitherto been. Perseus unconnected with the navv. but who art acquainted with the topography and hydrography of Iho Mexican coast, are to be employed, and have already been nonsuited in refcrenco to some more efficient naval operations. Thk Kaktiiquakk at Boston. This innrninir, a few minutes (say Uiree minutes) before five o'clock, an earthquake ol very conaiderablu violeiieu was ex perienced in line city and vicinity. We havo heard from Cambridge, Newton, Lynn, Nsliant, Salem, 11c- veriey, westuoro and Worcester, and in most placet Ihe houses were shaken, windows aud doors rattled, Mis were rung, and the slumbering wero waked up. I ho vibrations do not appear lo have lMen preceded or attended by lhat rumbling suund which usually accompanies earthquakes. The sound, as it appeared to us, waa mora like that produced by Ihe sudden and violent motions of a person in an adjoining room, or in thu chamber over head. Some say Ihrre were two or three successive shocks, but to us it rather appeared hko one continued jar or shock of considerable violence. Ttio magnetic intensity of the Observatory at Cambridge, was greatly disturbed by the shock. The vioratious appeared to he in a directum north mid south, and to have continued for a second or two. We shall look with in te real for news from South America, which will nrobablv brimr us Uio inlelliocnce of a severe earthquake in that section of the world, the effects of which we have slightly tcH.thfton intreiter. V Al t' a at. it Disrovrnv. Tho Buffalo Commercial learns from a gentleman who has juat returned from Uio Wisconsin River, that bordering nn that river, about ten nr lit teen miles north of Helena, is antimony ore of the richest quality and iu Iho greatest abundance. The ore is as rich as the Gsletin or lead ore, and will yield about 05 per cent., pure antimony. It is found just where the broad field of copper ore stretching to the north and west crops out on Uie surface, and is aa easily raised as Uie lead ore. Furnaces for roasting tht sulphur in the ore having the artirla in the slain known as uio eruue antimony oi commerce, can be ereclrd at an expense of about two hundred and fifty dollars. When thus prepared, it is worth two or three tunes as much as lead. From the Tuscarawas Advocate. The Tax Law. We this week publish a statement of the amount of tax paid by several of our fanners in the different townships. The Locos, by misrepresentation nd falsehood, are attempting to. prejudice the people, against Uie new tux Uw, by staling that it will greatly increase their taxes. If it would they ought to be tht last to complain. The State debt, by the profligacy and extravagance of the Loco parly, was increased to U!i,:tH,ii), the interest of which amounts to $1,140, ou. uuuer the old tax law. llie proceeds of the oub- , lie works, and tho money raised by direct taxation, was nut siiuicient to pay the interest, and we were fast verging towards bankruptcy. What was to bo done f We had to increase the Slate revenue. To augment the revenue, the per cento ire on th duplicate would have to bo increased, or other article! must be listed for taxation. The Whigs were unwilling that our farmers and mechanics should be more heavily taxed than at present. They pnssed a new law, which wilt bring a million of the moneys and credits of the rich upon the duulicatc -our revenue will be increased. and the taxes of our farmers will bo considerably lest Uian they were lost year. Hy carefully examining tht statement of property listed, and the amount paid by the different persons givon below, most of our farmers can tell whether the taxes on their personal property win oe increased tins year. JJOVCR. J845. 1840. Joseph Keplinger, .... $3,17 $4,17 Abraham Ovcrholt, - . . . 4,i8 1,83 John McDowell, 1,3a John A. Myers, 4,H3 2,t4 Mr. Myers pays tax this year on two horses, ont pleasure carriage, and five head of cattle more than lie did in yet his chattel tax is f less Uiau a is last year. Bucks. 1P45. 1H4G. John A Mender, - . - - l& 00 Jacob Gonter, sen., 3 93 3 III John Mowl, 3 OS 1 in Philip Mizer, S 56 3 33 Mr. A Mender and Mr. Gonter, have both moro pro perly listed upon the duplicate Uiis year than they had last, and yet they nay less tax. Mr. Mowl pays taz only on one horse less this jear than he did in lb45. Esq. Mizer is taxed on one horse, ten head of catUe, and forty sheep more than he was under tho old tax law, and yet his tax is 23 cents cents less than it wat last year. W ARWICI, 1H45. 1R46. Edward Romig, . $3 (J7 $1 li'-l John Paddock, 1 711 1 fj Joseph Widencr, - 3 cJ 1 U4 Peter Widener, . .... 4 DO 3 It Mr. Paddock has one horse, three head of cattle. twelve hogs, and thirty-four sheep, mora entered upon ino duplicate this year, and Ins tax it decreased 17 cents'. Mr, Widener pays on one horse, one cow, Iweiity tivc sheep, and twelve hogs, more than ho did in ldi.", yet his tax is HI cents less than last year. V LA V. IM45. 1H40. Kdward Blocker,- - - $'.'14 $ A William Price, 1 GO 1 IM Samuel fry, I&j 1 341 1'elur Ldinuiids, ----36-1 ii 00 Mr. Stocker nnvs ln this vesr nn on hor. fntir cows, forty-two sheep, Hi hogs, and a plraauro carriage, more than ho did last year, and yet his tax hat decreased. Mr. Price owns two more horse, two cows, and thirty sheep, and his tax is only increased n cents, nir. r ry pays tax on one more horse, lour head of cattle, seventeen sheep, and six lions, and pays only two cents more than he did last year. BALE. 1845. 1ft46. William Reed $l,Ui $,! James Thompson . - . ii,43 j(4i; Christian Stucker 2,30 60 Hubbard Hill 3,71 2,fl Mr. Reed is taxed this year on one horse, II) sheep, and D'hogs more than he was under the old law. Mr. Thompson has ono horse, G cows, 37 sheep and 13 hogs, fur which he pays taxes this year that he did not in 115; and yet his taxes are 1)7 cents less. Christian Stucker has one horse less, but is taxed on ti cows, U sheep, and ti hogs, more than he waa last year. Oxronu. 184R. !45. John Mulvaine $3,Vj $l,Mi . Daniel Anderson 3,07 '21 Daniel Meek U,4'i til John Wilson y,M4 (u:t Joht Booth 6,4-J ,tt George Booth 4,fci ,31 Mr. Anderson is taxed on 9 head of cattle, 8 hogs, and 3T sheep more than he was last year, and yet ihia tax on his personal property is $1,40 less under Uiv new than it was under the old tax law. The property taxed belonging to Mr. Meek and Wilson, does not vary much from last year. Mr. Mulvaine has one cow, 7 sheep, 5 hogs and 1 pleasure carriage taxed this, that was not last year, and yet his taxes have decreased $1,57. Georgo Booth lias three head of oalUe lest this year, but he has 1!4 sheep and Itf bogs entered! upon the duplicate this year for taxation, and he pays $l,l7 leas than he did in lri45 Oh ! how oppressive mis tax law is upon uie farmers: 'I he tax payers can now seo what an nnnrincinhxl set of demnffoffues the Locofocos have for their h-sH. ers. They assert week after week that it will oppress our farmers and mechanics. Lvery time lliey mako tho statement, Uiey know it is a moat palpable falsehood . Here we have selected a number of persona wno resiue in ainereni townships in uiis county, and we find that their taxes have decreased in tome instances nearly one-half. The Loco leaders well know that when the tax law is properly understood, it cannot help but be a popular measure. It ia based upon tho only just principle of taxation; that is, to make every man pay in piuporuon 10 wnsi lie IB actually worth. Our wealthy capitalists who havo thousand! of dollars invested in trade, and others who lived in princely furnished houses, will now be coin pel led to bear aa equal proportion of the burthens of taxation. Under Uiis law, the taxes of most of our farmers and mechanics will be considerably lest than Uiey were last year. Dome may wonoer now we will be able to raise sufficient revenue to pay Uie interest upon the public debt, and defray the annual expenses of tho Stale. Tho deficiency will be made up by bringing; millions of dollars worth of property on Uie duplicate that was not heretofore subject lo taxation. Under the old law merchants' capital, moneys and credits at interest, ac, amounted in IM4 to $7,500,0(15 th it year the merchants, money lenders and manufacturers, will have to pay tax on about heenty-ttro miliums of dollars! Let our farmers recollect that Uie new law reduces their taxes, and makes the merchants, manufacturers and money shavers, pay tax on about $ir,-000,mH) more property than they did in 1FJ44 under Uit old law. Errcrv or Lirr in Pari. In Galiirnani'a new Paris Guide, we find the following statement, which may supply matter for medical as well as moral speculation. If tho facts be as here staled, it is important , to inquire whether they be found similar in other largo cities, and what can be Uie cause or causes of such a ' result: It has been remarked that families eonaUnilv m. siding in Paris soon benoinu extinct, and that out of Uio whole population ot the town there arc perhaps not moro than 1IXNJ individuals who can reckon on their ancestors, as inhabitants of Paris, Irom father to son so far back as the reign of Louis XIII. The effects of Una mortality are observed lobe more active upon males than females. A Parisian youUi of Uie second or third generation has almost the form and manners of a woman ! He has seldom any children that live, and henct it may bo inferred that all families which, whether from taste or necessity, pass their lives in a town resi dence or a shop, are irrevocably doomed to ultimata extinction. I hose that pass the summer in the country last longer than the others, aa may bo seen in tho case of some ancient noble families that have been established in the capilol more than a century. The class of the nobles has, however, become much weak ened since they have give up inhabiting their caatleo and manors ; and Ihe massive architecture of Uie hotels nf Ihe Kaubourg St. Germain no longer correspond to Uie diminished stature of their inhabitants." Ohio Vomjhtkehs. Wo havo been shown a letter from ono of the First Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, of td August. There is little news that we have not had previously. General good health prevailed in Uio Camp, and they are pleasantly situated on an elevated slrip of ground about six miles in length, three hundred yards wide, and about six hundred yards from iho Rio Grande, opposite uunia. lien, llamcr had returned a day or two before front Head Quarters, and a report prevailed in Camp that the First Regiment would take up their lino of march to Monterey on tho Hlih August. Tht distance ia three hundred and seventy miles. The Third Regiment are to garrison at Matamnraa. The writer adds a short list of pricea of groceries, and promises a more full account when ho writes again. ney are nigti enough in all conscience : Sugar, per lb., inferior, 40 cents ; Coffee, do do, 3.V.; Cheese, do do, 30c.; Cider, per gallon, stale, $J 50; Whiskey, per gallon, inferior, $4 IK) ; Shoes, stogns, per pair, $4 50 j Shirts, each, hickory, $ ihi. vm. uuxrtit. Wr-iTKiis Rkskkvk Coi.i.kuk. The commencement excrcisca of this institution were attended oq Wednesday and Thursday of Ihe present week. The friends of this institution will bo gratified la learn that within a few monllia ita prospects have materially briirhtencd, and lhat through the able finan ciering of ita President aud Board of Trust, lie debt have been nearly an liquidated At tin recent session of Ihe Trustees, Mr. Joseph Perkins, of Warren, wat elrrtcd to lill the vacancy in the ir body caused ny uit resignation of Harmon Kingsbury, of Hut city. tit ret a ad Herald.

WEEKLY OHIO STATE JOURNA VOLUME XXXVII. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1846. NUMBER 2. I'UM.IMII'.I) KVKltY WKn.M'.SDAY MOHNING, BY CHARLES SCOTT & CO. Office in tho Journal Bui id inn. south-oast corner of High street anil Sugaraiiey. TKRMS: ' Tnurr n..t tins rit annum, which mav be discharged by the payment of Two I)oi.i,aii9 in advam-a, and free of postage, or of per cenlage to Aleuts or Collectors. The Jiirial m nlno piibliidicii daily during thn sctnion of uio Legislature, and thnceawoeatlHironiamooroi uio year for $l ami Ui rue timos u week, yearly, for Jjf-t. Franklin County Whig Ticket. FOR CiOVKKiNOK OF OHIO, WILLIM MU of Duller county. roMntttifti, DANIEL DUNCAN, of Licking co. 8KNATOR, J12NNET STUTSON, of Madison oo. BFrnKSICNTATIVItS, JOHN NOBLK, . JL'IIEMIAU CLARK. WILLIAM T. MARTIN. cnMMisnioiiKB, ADAMS STEWART. THItKCTOR or POOR HOl;sK, GEORGE FRANKENHERG. i'Kom-.ciJTtna ATTonr,y, JAMES L. HATES. VII1C MASS JIIIKTIXC On the 25th day of September. A Grand Maaa Mooting of the Whig of Franklin County will be held in this city, on Friday, the 2."th day of September. It 1 desirable to hold it that time meeting Utftt will surpass in numbers any assemblage convened in the State during the present Campaign. We wish the Whig of Old Franklin, the heart of the State, to claim precedence in this respect. It if but right they should. They were favored, gratified, by the selection of their first choice for Governor. No where in the State did Mr. Bebb make a morn favorable impression than in this county in 1844. Nowhere lias be warmer, more devoted friends than here. It is but fitting that evidence be given of this on the 25th proximo. Let us, then, have a GLORIOUS RALLY 1 At that time,- a heart-warmer a meeting that will give a new glow to our hopes, a new impulse to our feelings and labors in behalf of the good cause that we cherish. Let us have a gladsome greeting, such as old Franklin has not witnessed since thecvcr-mein-brable gathering of 1840, ono at which friends will meet friends, and as they hear the stirring appeals of the greatrst orators of the Went, pledge each other that if honest effort can accomplish it, tho Central County of the Stale shall roll up a majority equal to that of its palmiest days. , Hon. WM. BEI1IJ and Hon, THOS. C0RW1N, With other speakers of eminence will, it is expected, be present at that time. Yes, the eloquent Corwin will tell us of the doings of thu late Congress, the proceedings of which ho has watched throughout with intense interest. He will tell us how and why American Industry has been stricken down, and the thrice rejected Snh-Treasnry, with a WAR that will plunge the country into an enormous debt, br.nging in Its train, iu all probability, Direct Taxation, have been fastened upon the country. He will tell us why the appropriations for the A'ationat Itoad and for the hikes, Harbors and Utters of the West, were crushed under the heel of a Southern Administration. Mr. Bi:hb will discuss questions of State policy mainly. He will seak out his sentiments with the freedom and boldness of an hnncal man, who has nothing to conceal from those for whose suffrages he is a candidate. Ho will show by what menns corrupt parly leaders of the oposition managed to bring a crushing Debt on the Slate, what they did for the Currency and are aiming to do again. Ho will show the operations of the Taz Ijiw, and point out the true interests of this great Stale and the way in which its prosperity can bo promoted and its good name established.Whigs of Franklin! Wo call upon you to come up in your strength to lay aside your business for one day gather together your neighbors nf all parties, and see to 11 that every man who can Walk or Ride is present at the meeting, in tho State House Yard, at 10 o'clock, A. M., on the 25th day of September. The HkiitM of the City have pledged themselves to keep their Latrk Strings Out, and give you a cordial wel come. But il is chiefly to the 11 feast of reason and the flow of soul " we invite you. Let us come and reason together touching questions that are of the greatest moment to us and to our children. This is a crisis in the fate of the country. A dark, slavelmlding oligarchy has roared its crest and threatens to overshadow tho bright hopes of the country and thu dearest rights and interests of a free people. Ohio must stand in the breach! The Young Giant of the West must put forth her might to avert the threatened evil. The West has been deceived and betrayed by corrupt party leaders, and a contest is at hand in which she must vindicate her rights or bow her neck to the yoke ! Upl then! and to the work. Let a spirit of emulation prompt each township to do ils best in swelling the numbers of the grand assemblage. Let each neigh Imrhood send forth its hardy sons. Let old men renew their seal and young men fly to the rescue. Let tho li.Mli of September, ltG, be memorable iu the history of our county. By tho WHIG CENTRAL COMMITTEE August 37, lHKi. Voice ol" tho People 1 Our intelligence from all quarters of Ohio, never was more encouraging than at the present time. The people art tiiinkiko ; and this thinking will bo sure to bring them to the right conclusion. Never had Whig principles and measures so strong a hold on the people of Ohio, as at this time. Thousands of the opposition have no desire to seo their candidate! and cause successful, believing that the highest interests of the State of all classes will be piomoted by a perpetuation of Whig counsels. Nothing but the party lash, administered unsparingly, untiring labors to secure a tret organisation, can force such up to tho ballot box to cast their suttrages for David Tod, Rank Destruction, Unequal Taxation and Up return of the Reign of Rascality. And even that must fail, utterly fail, if we are but true to ourselves and our cause. With one accord our friends say, the only tiling wc have tu fear is a neglect to organize and to impress upon the Whigs, and honest voters of Ohio, the necessity of a thorough turn-out and energetic lalior. The harvest is ripe, but wo shall lose it, if we do not gather all our force into Die harvest field. It would not avail us if trn thousand Locofoco voters should stay at homo, if twenty thousand Wings should conclude that nutters would go well enough without their attendance at the polls. Wo must meet the strrrt efforts of our opponents, untiring as tee know them to be, by efforts just us thorough and effective, if not as secret. Wc must set in operation tho means that will reuder certain Uio attendance at tho ballot box of the full Wiiio stkknotii ol Ohio, and all will be well. If not, not. The following letter from a reliable Whig in ono of the townships of Brown county, (benighted Brown) to a friend in this city is moat encouraging. Wo give an extract from his letter, liecauw i. breathes the right spirit and gives the assurance receiveu irom so many other sources that the right fating exiata in tho Whig ranks a feeling that will do its work if seconded by right effort and tabor : " Gov. Bebb was in this (Brown) county on tho 4lh insl., accompanied by Mr. Woods, Auditor of State, both of whom addressed the people at Georgetown. Their speeches were well received, and if I am not more mistaken than I ever was in public sentiment in this township, our majority will he 25 per cent, greater than it ever was. What eflecl their speeches may have made in other sections of tho county I am unable to say. Our prospects in this section of the county rM irnlv onroii rairimr. Some of the very best men in our town and vicinity, who have heretofore sustained the party right or wrong, publicly declare that they nannut slid will not vote for Tod and Hard Money, but will sustain Bebb and a good currency. Mr. Woods' exposition of the frauds practiced in the management of our 1'uMio Works, has filled the Locofocos with consternation. Tho Whig Meetings nt Hamilton and Pleasant, The first held on Monday and the other oh Tuesday, were not so well attended as they would havo been had more effort been made to extend the notice. There was a misunderstanding as to the place of meeting in rieasant, owing to an alteration made in the handbills by sonic one prompted by a good purpose, but not a wise one. The meetings were addressed by Mr. Duncan and others, and it is believed with good effect. An amusing incident occurred at Plea- aunt, going to show the deception that has been practiced uKm those who are out of the way of public proceedings, by the Locofoco leaders. Mr. Duncan was speaking of the views of Mr. Tod on the Bank Question, tho changes they had undergone and his present position in favor of Bank Destruction. He sustained his remarks by reading from the letter of Mr. Tod and the proceedings of the Convention as published ollicialty in the Statesman. After hearing him read awhile an honest but deceived Locofoco remark ed so as to be heard by thoso near, "that's the dam'd-est Whig lit I ever heard ;' and he turned away per fectly disgusted at the attempt to palm the views contained in the resolutions and letter as thoso of Mr. Tod and the party ! Mr. D. saw him after tho meet ing and showed him the Statesman containing what ho had read. He still remained incredulous for a time. It could not be possible, he said, that thoso views were advanced and issues made by the leaders, tho re must be some deception in tho printing of tho paper it was printed by the Whigs with the Statesman's heading to drcciee! Why, said he, indignantly, "here s all my neighbors, good old democrats, theij all go with me fur Hanks and a mixed currency, and against the destruction of the present system that has furnished us a good currency!" Thus had this man and his neigh bors, who all meant to do right, been imposed upon by the party leaders, who while they preach Bunk De struction publicly and practice it as far as they can, endeavor to convince those of their followers, who are hostile to such a course, that tho chargo of being favorable to an exclusive metallic currency is all false ! This citizen of Pleasant tp, finally became convinced we believe, of thu deception that had been practiced upon him. Sawyer and Ilyiugtoul This pair of beauties havo been nominated for Con gross, by tho Locofocos of their districts. Think of tli at Master Brooks. Mcdary, Sawyer and Hy'tngton! Is'nt that a glorious tie of statesmen and patriots? Hard! Harder!! Hardkst!!! The old hard dynas ty is in tho ascendant in thn camp of the opposition ! A fine tinio of it the Stato would have, with her destinies onco more in their hands. What think you of such a restoration, " Democrats " of Ohio ! not forgetting Dickinson, the defaulter ; who went in office tol erably rich and is now said by one of his friends to be good for a quarter of million of dollars, yet refuses to restore to the State what the Investigating Committee have proved due according to his rendering of accounts. Sawyer, should ho get back again, can give us another chapter on tho beauties of the "spoils" system, as he proposes to h.ive it carried out, and take another link of those immortal sausages. Hyington can aid in despatching petitions to tho lower regions and strike another blow at vested rights in Church property, &c, &c. It strikes us, however, very forci bly, that the voters of the several Congressional Districts, will hardly swallow tho nauseating dose prepared for them by political empirics. Mr. Byington runs in the Rons District and ho will get leave to stay at home by a majority sufficient for practical purposes. Thurman considered tho case hopeless and declined a nomination. Sawyer secured a nomination in the Mercer district on the first ballot, though there was a strong opposition. Wo are nut without hopes of his dulcal, so corrupt is ho now known to be by many of his constituents. A Part of the Truth only! Tho Ohio Press of-Saturday and the Statesmen of Monday contain a communication addressed to tho people of Truro tp., by M. Martin, who is known at least by reputation (how farorably wo leave them to say) to most persons in these parts, as a sort of general runner for Locofoco leaders. We do not know but ho aspires to the prominency of a sort of leadership himself ona siiiallscale. Atatlevenlsnur neighbor of the Statesman has very jocosely attempted to pans him off as something more than plain Mat Martin, quite a wonderful and exceedingly useful sort of a genius. The communication of the said Marlin is devoted to an exhibition of proof that Mr. Bi:nKit;,i, of Georgia, voted against the Tariff of 1H42; a point called in question, it is alleged by Messrs. Dincax and Dkkmsd.y, at a political meeting hld in Truro tp., one day lost week. Martin is right as to the vote, but why did he not tell tho whole truth? Why did he not tell why, Mr, Berrien voled againitl tho Tariff of 1842; it would havo taken but little time, and would havo enabled the people of Truro to judge how near correct the disputants were in the ease. Thai, however, was not the object. Tho truth was not what he wauled. The whale truth, if told, would have defeated the very object he had in view. John i. A hams and John M. Butts also voted against the Tariff of 1842, with many other equally staunch Whigs. And why? Because they were opposed to the principle of the bill, its main features and details ? By no manner of means, They, as also Mr. Berrien, were among the moat earnest supporters of tho Tariff of 184 'J, in all its leading provisions, and all spake in furor of it! This fact wss well known to Mr. Martin, lie sow the evidence of.it in looking for what he did publish. Why, then, did these men vote against the Tariff of I H 12 Chiefly, solely, we may say, localise of their determination not to yield to the dictation and extraordinary assumptions of John Tyler, who had vetoed the Tariff Bill passed by Congress, becauso of a provision it con tained in behalf of tho distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the Stales. The Whigs had provided in passing the Distribution Act, in lrtll,that if it should become necessary to levy mure than a 20 per cent, duty on imports, thu distribution should not take place. It was an unwise provision, and was taken advantage of by Mr. Tyler, who finally, (in 112) refused to allow tho Tariff and Distribution to go together. Mr. Adams and others were vehement against yielding to the Executive, while others (a sufficient number to carry it,) concluding that if they could not havo the whole loaf they would have half a one, passed the Tariff bill with a very alight alteration, and without the Distribution clause. Wo state these facts mainly from recollection, but believe theni to bo correct to tho letter. That Mr. Berrien was an earnest advocate of the principle of protection engrafted on the bill of IKI2 and friendly to its leading provisions, we aro quite certain ; and this fact was just as well known to Martin as that Mr. Berrien voted against tho bill on its final passage, but ho did not wish tli tho fact should bo known to tin me who read ha communication.We owe an apology, perhaps, to our readers for noticing Mat's communication; but it was noticed only becauso of Um prominence given it by thu Press and Statesman. Those journals were willing to lend themselves to Uio perpetration of what they knew was, in in effect, a fraud and deceplon. Hence our nulice. Givr. us Banks ami you shall iiavk IIiuii Pkicks I was the clamored doctrine ol whiggery, while the paper machines of the old regimen were wasting their last sands in '41 -'42. They kept up the cry, and finally gained in their stead tho present batch. Cm. Adrertiser, This declaration goes the rounds of tho Locofoco presses about four times a year. It is time to check it up. We deny that any such assumption was ever put forth as Whig doctrine. It ts the coinage of a Loco- toco brain. What the Whtgs have always said and what lliey slill say is thut if you strike down the pa per currency and confine us tu an exclusive metallic, currency as is proposed by Tod, Tappan ty Co., you will inevitably bring down the price of labor as well as the prices nf produce, although not always in the same ratio. Thoso know who havo examined the matter that it is impossible to provide for this country a me tallic currency equal to its wants, the present demands of business, or tho present circulation of paper and metals. Gross as are the absurdities they occasionally advocate, Tappan & Co. never pretended that the precious metals could bo secured to the country equal to its present mixed circulation. On the contrary, Tap- pan, Buchanan, Walker, Benton, and all the champi ons of a metallic currency admitted that the destruction of Banks and Bank paper would bring down prices and the value of tabor! They contended that prices would come down and therefore a reduction of wages would not bo felt. Tappan and othors contended that the only way in which wc could compote with foreign manufacturers and producers would bo to bring down prices and labor Is tho first fact not established bo- fore us at this time. Flour, superfine, is worth but four dollars per barrel in Now York, under the present Locofoco dynasty, (lower than over before known,) yet it cannot bo exported and sold for cash without a very henry loss! Now, how are we to sell our surplus grain in Europe? Tho only way, evidently, is to tut down the price of Wheat and Flour still lower! And, under Lbeufaeo free-trade, the wages nf mechanics and laborers are going down in order to allow our manufacturers a chance to compete with the poorly paid la bor of Europe ! These are facts the Advertiser can not gainsay and it will not make the attempt; nor will its Co-workers in behalf of low wages and low prices- Mr. Buchanan a European standard. That an abundant circulating medium will aid in keeping up prices we have always contended and still contend, and that a contracted currency will contract prices is equally true, and will hold good save wheii the demand very greatly exceeds tho supply. But tho Whigs never said that the mere establishment of banks could give high prices of itself, when the whole policy of the government is calculated to cripple those banks, injure their credit and destroy their circulation. Wo have now In-fore us the Haiti more Sunn professedly neutral paper, but one that does not condemn the Sub Treasury and that takes every convenient occasion to defend the measures of the administration, in which the admission is distinctly made that our 14 domestic. productions" have been ' ENHANCED " in price by Uio "cheapened currency. i no tuveriiser quoteu approvingly a tew days since from the Sun, suppose it nkes room lor this admission ol that paper: 11 Tim Independent Treasury, so far as it tends to narrow Bunk isxues, is specially to be desired by manu- 'aeturers. " Hie CObI ol domestic I'rouuciioiis IS HO ENHA NCED by the cheapened currency, Hut foreign manufactures come iu in spite of tho protection afforded by the Tariff designed to shut them out" it disables as from competing with those who pro duce under dearer currency," Pkhht County. Thu Whigs of tins county met in convention at Rehobolh, on tho 2Jd iust., and placed in nomination the following ticket : For Representative, David Rkam ; Auditor, John J Jackson; Sher iff, Henry Kelley; Commissioner, Thos. 1 1 iff; Coro ner, Jeremiah Diggs. This ticket is a strong one, and will call out the full Whig strength of Perry. We are mislaken, il it does not como a little nearer success than such tickets usually do in Perry county. Tint canity has been sadly misruled by a few Locofoco demagogues, and facts have boon exhibited with in a short time to convince its voters of the fact, even if tho I!) mills tax on the dollar had'nt an eloquent tongue of ils own in behalf of a change. The following are a few of the resolutions adopted at the County Convention, fur which wo are indebted to the Somerset Post : Rrsolred, That Tod, their hard money candidate, refusing to discuss with our candidate IteJore the peo olv of this State, thu great issue Banks and Curren cy, or no Banks, no Currency, is a sure indication of Urn weakness ol ins cause, aim ttiai an good ci lire n should spurn such a demagogue. Itttolerd, That our opponents dare not discuss the irreat issues between tho two parties, but have endea vored to cloak themselves under the mantle of the Tax Law, hoping by that means to evade thu scrutin- iiinir eve of the ncoulo. iirsolrrd, That we agree to meet our gallant Bebb on the Mth of September, in Somerset, and there pro. uounce to him that his principles aro right, and will orova it on the second '1 ttcsdiv in October. Ueiideed, That in P. B. Johnson, our candidate for Congress, we havo every hopo nf success ami will rally to a man to accomplish that great object for our country 's good. WhoiieTntcs arc Increased I Upon whom mainly tho mc roused tax of the present year falls upon what class of citizens the Dayton Journal has attempted to show by reference to the tax paid last year and that to be paid this year by a few wealthy men of Dayton. Its facta do not speak as loudly as those adduced in this county ; for twit of the citizens of Columbus pay heavier tax on personal property than half Ms townships of the eouniy mdded to gether! and these same individuals in IH44 paid a mere trifle into the Treasury, not worth mentioning. Had our friend ef tho Dayton Journal made a comparison between 1844 and IHIti, Uio o iteration of the present lax law as compared with the old on the wealthy capitalist and money lender would have been more striking. But this speaks for itself: Now how is the fact ? Do the wealthy men in town" nav less than heretofore? If general facts are Lo be relied on, they do not wy lets, but mare, for last year the taxes in Dayton tawnhip were 27,207 4!' wiiuo mis year mey ana i4,ii , nitirw -h .Ji."i,4Hi !7 the inorease in the whale county being but ' Villi H7. Ilia evident, then, that more than one- half the incrrawd taxation of the entire county falls upon Dayton Township. But on what class does it fall ? M the farts determine. Wc have seleclrd at ran doiu eleven wealthy individuals, and compared lite taxes paid by them in 1M. and to be paid in lo4(i, on personal property alone i In lltLA. f Mi Illinois. The delegation of this Stato in the next sent one : six Locofocos and one Whig. Their names aro Robert Smith, John A. McClemard, Orlando B. Ficklin, John Wetitwnrth, Stephen A. Douglass, Thomas J. Turner and Abraham Lincoln. Tho last named member is a Whig, and from the old Massachu setts stock. Turner was elected in thetith district by Mormon votes, purchased by the appointment to office of a leading Mormon, who had boon charged with the murder of an unoffending citizen. Hon. Samukl F. Vinton has been renominated, (as wo learn through the Gallipolis Journal,) for Con gress, by the Whigs of tne 12lh Congressional District, composed of the counties of Athens, Meigs, Gal lia, Hocking and Lawrence. The district is decidedly Whig. There was a little misunderstanding and dif ficulty in tho Athens delegation, a majority of which was favorable to Hon. C. Morris. With our knowl edge of the character and standing of Mr. M. as a Whig, wo cannot doubt that he will use his influence to allay ill-blood and unite at the ballot-box the whole Whig strength of his county and district. Which is thk Rumen Party? Tho Montreal Cctirier, of the lith inst., referring to the passage of Mr. McKay's bill for the encouragement of British Manufactures, says: "AS ENGLISHMEN WE ARE OF COURSE PLEASED THAT THE TARIFF IS ABOLISHED, as taken in conjunction with the abolition of our Com Laws, it will open an im- mensemarket for us; but IP WE WERE AMERICANS WE SHOULD CERTAINLY BE TARIFF MEN." Amii.and Co. Thu difficulties in relation to tho county seat of this new county do not seem to be fully settled as yet. The vote in the spring was very decided in favor of Ashland as Iho counly seat ; but owing to a little neglect in complying with ono of tho requisitions of the law creating the county, an injunction has been granted by Judge PinntK, of Mansfield, on the application of citizens of Haycsville, en joining the citizens of the former town from all pro ceedings in the erection of public buildings until such time as the injunction may havo been dissolved. The delay is, we judge, but temporary. Thk MottKitN British Plutarch ; or, Lives of Men Distinguished in the Recent History of England for their talents, virtues or achievements. By W. C. Taylor, L. L. D., of Trinity College, Dublin, author of " A Manual of Ancient and Modem History," A'c. Harper & Brothers, New York, Whiting & Huntington, Columbus. TIip design of the author in tho production of this work was a good one ; we are not prepared tu say how far ho succeeded in accomplishing it. A long list of the brightest names nf England figure nn its pages, with our own Franklin, as worthy as the ticat of them, although his career was not as brilliant as that of some of thu Englishmen, of a colempuranonus age. The biographies of thirty-eight distinguished men are embraced within the limits of one small votuino, poet, statesman, philanthropist, divine, philosopher, sage, historian and soldier arc grouped together a nolitu host among them Burns, Burke, Davy, Scott, He- Iter, Pitt, Chatham, Wilberforce, Byron, Goldsmith, Sheridan and Hastings, The design was to acquaint tho young of the age and tho young generally, with those great men who luvo just passed off tho stage of action, b it whose names are as "familiar as household words," who wero actors in scenes now historical, but so recent as to bo familiar with some now living. Their history, however, who they were, the incidents of birth and early life with tho salient trails of character, arc not so well known as they should bo. It is this deficiency Mr. Taylor has attempted to supply and to a good advantage. Thk ExrxniTio?) to Bohnko of II. M. 8, Dido for the Suppression of Piracy : with extracts from the Journal of James Brooke, Esq., of Sarawak, (now agent for lite British Government in Borneo,) by Capiain the Hou. Henry Kcppel, R. N. Harper & Brothers, N. York; Whiting & Huntington, Columbus. The islands of the Asiatic Archipelago aro tho scenes of this stirring narrative. The treacherous and cruel Malay esc, with their habits, character, condition, &-C. Ac, are fully portrayed by Cr. plain Kep-pel and Mr. Brooks. Tho Journal of tho latter occupies a considerable portion of the work before as, and deservedly. He took up his abode among tho May-layese with the laudable purpose of extending to them tho blessings of civilization, suppressing piracy, (to which so large a portion of them have so long been addicted,) and extirpating the slave trade. Ever ec-tivo and indefatigable, moving from point to point, he could not fail to acquire an intimate knowledge of the people, nor could he fail to present us with incidents and adventures of deep interest. A more readable book, and one abounding more with stirring incident and valuable information, has rarely been presented. This is tho first American edition from the first Lon- Ion edlition, the work having made its appearance last season in England. Q.J' Wc give place to-day to several correspondents to the exclusion of matter of our own. II. G. Phillips, 1. i;. Ilaraus, F. liebhart, D. & S. Turnpike, Win. Hufimaii, seiir., Mrs. Peirce, Mrs. P. Steele, QT Col. Ton ii, our lalo Minister Plenipotentiary at St. Petersburg, arrived in this city, from the east, hy way of the lakes, yesterday morning and left for Cincinnati, last evening. Ho is in excellent health, and says ho never enjoyed belter health than at the Court of Iho Czar. Ho was in Russia five years, having been apiuinlcd by Gen. Hauribon, we believe. He returned a month or two since and had an opportunity of giving his successor, R. t. Inokhsoll, of Conn., some useful information and directions a week or two since, at Washington. Ho left St. Petersburg in three feet snow. He does not credit the rumor a Host that Mr. I. of Connecticut, received tho nllico in trust for C. J. Ingersoll, to be given lo the latter by tho President when Congress adjourned ; it not being considered safe to trust his nomination to the Senate. Col T. is a man of great worth and deserves the thanks of llie country for the manner in which he acqiiitled him I self as the Representative of this country in one of The new Tax Law is benominff more ' tho roost powerful nations in iho old world. He was popular with the people of all parties every day. II well's " Tax Killer is doinir us as much good as ting else some of the subscribers have become so disgusted w iUi it lhat they refuse to take it out of Hit post office." Mr. Lf.wii, the " Liberty " candidate for Governor passed through tins place, a few days since, on his way home, as wo have been informed, owing to ontinucd i U-health, occasioned by speaking too much in Mansfield at tho time of tho Whig meeting there and made a few well limed remarks, as we learn. The New York Express of Monday afternoon says i The enormous expense nf the Government is produ cing its natural effect on the price of Government stocks; and holders are now willing lo tell at lowet rales. Sales of u s at 104&, look place at a decline oi 1 4 per cent, upon the last sale ; and ol G's at a decline of 1 per cent." nouo &l hi none I OH o; lionu Hi 111 7 : II H Vili 'M ii; ',m In in mi. (Kill f4 ;'( :i v.i mi no no IH7 7." 'J 10 4.'i llli 10 1 II. 40 i:c iNi t7 J. llAihlimau, sen., Geo. Umbatigtl, "From this exhibit of "faels and figures, " il will bo seen lhat eleven wealthy individuals puy Una year nearly four times as much lax as they did last year on the same description ol property ana wax umi, hoi withstanding thu rate ol taxation in me lownamp is reduced I'mm ftV4 174 on the hundred dotlara to U 00 on the hundred dollars." MiisorHi. Return neatly complete render certain Uio election of five Locofoco members of Congress. Nochange. Their names are Bowlin, Jamison, Green, Phels, Hall. The Legislature, as wo learn from Iho St. Irfims Republican, is decidedly Locofoco as usual. The new Constitution has been rejected hy a majority of between seven and eight thousand voles. Tho Republican intimates that the largest counties of the Stale hat e been so shame fully disfranchised under the old Constitution that if something is not done soon a revolution will bo witnessed. The largo counties which pay nearly all the tax will not consent to go without representation. They will refuse to pay Taxes unless representation goes hand in hand with Taxation. This would be an alarming stale of affairs ; one only to be resorted lo in tho last alternative. Yet, it cannot bo supposed that tho wrongs borne by the larger counties will longer Im submitted to. Cl.KRMONT Coi'NTV. Tho WlllgS of IlliS COUIlty, who are determined not lo give up the ship, have run up their flag and rushed into iho thickest of the ftghl. Their ticket is headed by Dr. 8. J. Alkxanhkn, for Representative, a good and true man. We have re ceived the first No. of a Whig campaign paer out me need there. " Rough and Ready " is the cognomen it boasts, and it promises to be both, as its opponent will acknowledge. T. M. Llwik, Editor. Pknksvlvania Canal. Tho Pittsburgh Gazette siys that the breaches in Uio canal of lhat Slate have I been repaired. Correspondence of Uio N. Y. Tribune. Tho Lead Trade In the West. Gai.kna, 111., Aug. 12, H4(i. The Free Trade Ihmaernru of Ihis great lead region are looking about to see what has hurt them. Smce the passage of Sir R. Walker's British Tariff Bill, our greal staple (Lead) has fallen sixty cents on llie bun- iireu pounds. J nree weeas ago u som quica tor mrre dollsrs and ten cents per hundred; now it foes hard at Iwo dollars and fifty cents. 1 lie poor aimer, who linds llie price oi nis mineral suddenly cut down from eighteen dollars to thirteen dollars per Umusand, can now come up out of hia shaft and inquire, " who is Jumts K. Voik f" lours, iruiy. State Unit It or Ohio. This institution is composed of Branches located in different nans of tho Slate, irovcrncd by a Board of Control, whoso president signs every note issued hy Uie branches ; each branch is compelled to tako the notes ol all the others, and are compeiieu to ro-drem Uieir notft, on presentation, in specie or go into bankruptcy. Iu Uial case a fund of ten per cent, on all issues, which is deposited for that purpose, is used to tako up the notes of the failing branch; but the notes themselves sic at once reedemed ; so thai H one branch fails the other must take up its notes and tho Hoard ot loutroi aeepsaciieck against our issues. Thus the nolo bolder w secured against any possible THE INDEPENDENT RANKS Are likewise compelled to take upeach other's notes; and if ono fails, its assrts immediately pass to tho Treasurer of State, who winds up ita buaitiess and redeems its circulation bv the sale of the Stale stock deposited with him. That he may always do Ibis, each tank must denosiln with him on dtdlar of Oant or t ailed Stales Hands for erery dollar they issue and lliey are not allowed tu issue any notes except thoee furnished by the treasurer. They are required heaidca this, to keep on hand Unrty per cent, of their circulation in gold and silver, which makes one dollar and thirty cents lo rederm every dollar in circulation. Our present Ranking systems furnish tins kind of a currency. Nonnedonbts its solvency, and all know il to be practically as good as epecie. Iocofcos ask us to destroy these systems and declare for hard money, in theory, while in fact, wo shall only adopt Die issues nt the banks ol inuiana, aiiciiigan, Virgi nia, cVc. 1 his is thn issue he tore the people ; and at llie next election they will be called iiHn to decide whet Iter lliey will have a curreuey n paper, Wliiclt will not nay taxes, for their own use, but must annu ally raise siecie, at a great sacrifice, for tho ottice-hoiders. Hntler Intellinrnetr. Tiik Vot.i'NTKKR Knurrs. As the Six Months Volunteers have now all been discharged, we give tho following correct list ol the I weivo Months Volun leer forces now in the field Cincinnati Atlas. Attai iird to Urn. Ttvi.on's CowvtNit. Three Regiments Ohio Volunteers, Infantry. Three " Indiana Two ' Illinois Two Kentucky " Two h Tenn. Two " Texas Mounted. One " Alabama 11 Infantry. Ono " Georgia " One " Mississippi" One Battalion Maryland " " Attu hi ii to Gr.N. Wool's Coismnt. Two Rrgimenta Illinois Volunteers, Infantry. One w Kentucky " Mounted. Ono " Tennessee " " One " Arkansas " " ATTtrtiMi to Gr.t. KrARNlVs CoVMAKII. One Regiment Missouri Volunteers, Mounted. One Company " " " Out Reg t " Infantry. Ftr the Ohio State Journal. The Poet. Tho new moon treads the azure sky, The stars iu glory walk on high, The dews of night fall fast and chill, And sighs the wind around Uie hill, Moaning in fitful gusts aud wild Like a fond mother o'er her child ; The lake is calm, in distance lying, And Echo's voice seems scarce replying To the sad wind, or mournful bin) Which from that ancient oak is hoard ; Oh who, mid this, on yonder height, Alone with Nature and tho night I Who itands upon that peak so high In bold relief against the sky f As if to solemn thought tddreit His folded arms lie on his breast, From hia broad brow Uio sunny hair Is Dung back careless on the air His cheek is pale, but falls his glance Keen as the gleam of warrior's lance j Ami on his curving lip of pride Sublimest joy sits deified! Tell me, what doth he, pausing there, Looking far up the deep blue air f It is it is Uie Poet youth The prophet.bard of Nature's truth, The high of soul, upon whose brow God's seat doth like a star-Hamc glow Radiant and beautiful! whose task The pure Immortals well might ask-Within whose heart's cell ever burn High thoughts, like stars in Night's blue urn) And whose clear voice, so deep and kind, Charms, blesses, glorifies mankind ! Upon him from his earliest day A golden charm from Nature lay. Which bode the world, to others dim, Reveal a beauteous realm to him, And scam as fair as when she burst From her Creator's hand at first ; And let him go whore'er he will That charm of life is 'round him still. To him tho simplest flower that blooms The rose-bud, laden with perfumes, The lily, pale as cloistered nun, The cowslip, colored by Ihe sun, Tho meek-eyed violet's grassy bed, Tho dainty daisy tipped with red ; E'en lichens from tho rude rocks bowing, Am) butter-cups, in meadows growing, And moss that wavca by waters clear, Gives inspiration fresh and dear. He loveth, loo, Earth's living things : The bumming bird on radiant wings, Like a plumed jewel, fallen down All glittering, from a rainbow's crown ; The lark that sings, tho soaring eanle, Thu bounding doe, tho baying beagle, The lamosin sorting wild with play On a green bank, of summer day ; All tliesc. and vales, and dashing floods And thickets deep, and wild old woods Where springs are born, which tho bright sun Strives through thick leaves to look upon And mountains brown, and heaving sea, Grand in its deep toned minstrelsy j Those clurm him, whether lit at morn By the sun's early torch, or warm Willi the thick lira which noon-tide showors, l.iko smill, bright ram on thirsty llowers, Or whether fsir and soft they lie Steeped in calm evening's rosy dye ! But better far tliau these he lores, The glorious niuht, when fields and groves, In their thrice sacred beauty spread, Solemn as mourners o'er the dead When all gay Nature's myriad forms, (Sofancy-hued in Day's wide arms,) Now, in one sombre garb arrayed, How down and worn hip in the shade Of the great temple (Jod hath made ! Whose floor is earth's circumference wide, Whose organ is ihe ocean's tido, Wlxrao pillars aro the mountains high, Whose lamps the stars, whose roof the sky j That temple where both great and small Proclaim God in, above, through all ! Yea, when the Night spreads out her tent With golden orbs of light besprent, The Poet seeks yon lofty mound, And scans the dreamy landscape round The darkened woods, the distant river, And the stars shining on forever-Nature's dear child, most glad with her, To be a silent worshipper! And as he gazes, o'er his soul Those titles of song in music roll, Which yet shall break on time's dark shore, Aud ring melodious, evermore! Oh, solemn Night ! thine Is the hour When Poesy hath deepest power, Wlicn inspiration, like a Hood Of mellow glory, bids the blood Dance swifter through the veins, and fires The heart with fond and proud desires j Thine is the hour when most we love To radiate towards the Soul above When tender thoughts abroad are stealing, Ami tender wishes, past revealing Thine is the hour for dreams most bright Then let the Poet lore Uie fxigtit! Seplember, III 16. B. T. C. r. Bcbb-Tho Meeting at Mansfield-A Rich Discussion. The letter below, from our Mansfield correspond lent, will be read with interest by tho readers of Uie Journal. The annunciation that Mr. Bebb is on Uie stump again, with improved health, is very grati ing. Il will be seen also, by Uie admirable letter of our correspondent, (from whom we hope to hear frequently) that the fire became too hot for a portion of Ihe Hards of Mansfield, and they ventured into a discus sion. 1 hat they paid dearly for their temerity will not admit of a question. Old " Rough and Ready " was too well posted up in matters for our friend tht District Attorney, backed as he was by Mr. Brinkerhoff, host antics in Uio late Congress havo givon him an unenviable notoriety. They will nut venture out again : Correspondence of the Ohio Slate Journal. M AitsriKLD, Sept. 1, 134G. JUy Dear Sir .The Whig meeting of yesterday was very respectable in poiut of numbers, but yet not so largo as were uio meetings of 1H40 and 1844 There was but little parade of any kind, but all, every ono, seemed anxious to hear lhat able expounder and defender of Whig principles, Mr. Bebb. The meeting waa organized shortly after dinner, in the Grove oaal of town, wero the multitude were addressed by Mr. Bebb, for tht space of about ono hour and a half. never, in any similar meeting in old Richland, or else where, saw such marked attention paid to any man, aa to Mr. Bebb during the whole of hia speech. never before had the pleasure of hearing Mr B., (I his being bis first appearance in Richland,) but from re presentations I had been led lojauppnae him to bo one il Ohio s moat gilled orators, and his speech yester- lay proved my supposition to be correct. It is not an extraordinary style of flowery declamation, but an inprrssive earnestness, brevity and simplicity of man ner and illustrations by which his propositions art demonstrated, lo which Mr. Bebb is indebted for his gieat and growing popularity with the people as a stumper. His remarks wort eontined principally to matters of State policy, although he briefly touched in connection upon tho aubiect ol the eubtreasury and Tariff. He was listened to with most marked attention, which was only interrupted by deafening shouts of applauao during his delivery, from the sturdy yeo manry assembled. Col. Tod, Isle Minister to Russia, being present. waa introduced to the meeting, but in cuusrquence of Iho hour for his departure to the South, having arnv d, was only enabled to wish Uio cause " uod speed, and leave the stand, which was then taken by your estimable fellow citizen Hon. John Woods, Auditor of State. Mr. Woods dwelt principally upon the condi tion of our Slate finances, and from his known ability and the facts in the case, you may well supKae that he siieweu men a uian oi locoico corruption ana misrule as never belore had been shewed in old Richland. In the course of his remarks he incidentally touched upon the attempts of T. W. Bartlcy and others, to ruin Hit credit at uio mate taith mine two or three years go. i his Drought lorth a challenge irom tne uisirtct Attorney to Mr. Woods to meet hun in discussion at the Court Hoimo iu the evening, which waa at onoe accepted bv Mr. Woods. r.veningcame, and with it a large crowd composed ol horn political parlies, with their respective champions. Moderators were chosen, and ihu iiiue allotted was to Mr. Hartley one hour and ten minutes, and to Mr. W. one hour. Mr. Hartley was then to hsve iW minute and Mr. Woods l, and the debale to close. The District Attorney began by attempting to clear his kirt of the char ire of repudiation which had been laid to him, and then he launched forth into a tirade of alius of the Whivnarlv. the lax law and llankinolaw He charged that Uio I'iuudor act of March IK 17, bad been passed by a Whig Legislature, and made numerous and similar tame atlcuipls to put tho odium of our present embarrassment upon the Whig parly. When he had spoken his allotted time, Mr. Woods, or " Old Documents," as he is te lined here now, (for ho carries the documents with him) look the stand, and in little less than half an hour had answered every argument or objection urged or put forth by Mr B. agmiiHt the Whig party or their measures, in a manner entirely aatisfactory to all, which was attested by the frequent bursts of applause and approbation which the assembled crowd gave him. He did not do as his opponent had done, make statements without proving their iruth from Ihe books." Mr. W. then said that having nothing else on hand he would occupy the balance of his time on " mailers and things in general," which he did in a humorous and interesting statement of the benefit of the iftw Tax law. Mr. W. showed himself to be fully master of Uie subject, and commanded the most pro-found attention ol men of all parties. Before he had got half through with his allotted time, it became evi-dent that his documentary evidence and faithful narration of facts had taken effect upon tho District Attorney who showed his irritation by frequently interrupting Mr. W. and putting to him impertinent questions. Mr. B. again took the stand, and during tho thirty minutes allotted him, made use of the tune-by reiterating his disapprobation of tho Locofoco scheme of repudiation, and by making a personal attack upon Mr. W to which Mr. W. reioincd in a most scathing speech for twenty minutes, which had thu effect to bring the District Attorney moro than a dozen times, during its delivery, and at its termination, to call upon his friends Gen. Newman and Hon. J. Brinkerhoff, to come to his rescue. The former of the gentlemen was not so silly as to throw himself into the breach made by Mr. B. iu their walls, but Mr. Brinkerhoff, (who all know, has of late made some pretensions to military fame,) being somewhat moro hardy, and smarting under a severe rebuke administered to him during tho day, took occasion to make use of Uie opportunity to make a most unifentlemaiilv. vulirar and ahusivo attack upon Mr. Bebb, for which at its conclusion he was greeted by most unqualified demonstrations of disapprobation by hia hearers and what was worse tor him he felt into Ihe hands of Mr. Woods. who replied to him, and by producing tho remarks of tho " Washington Mirror upon Mr. Br nkcrhorT, and rending a short extract from the speech of Mr. Hunt of New York, (in rhyme,) served to throw our worthy v-uiifriuHBiniiii mioa period conniption nt. j he meet ing uicn gave three cheers lor William Bebb and three for "honkst John Wuodi," and at l-i o'clock ad- journed. Messrs. Ifcbh and Woods have made a favorable im. pression upon the minds of the people, and their visit will have tho effect of rousing our Whigs to action, and bring out their whole strength nn tho Ud Tuesday l'f,.lM ().... u. l.i , i ui upturn. . vui n-uMV lie UCUUIHlllr IXTIUT CqUSinit'O with our new lax law, and every day shows its increasing popularity with the farming aud laboring classes of community. " Hard-money" has no advocules here, no i now iar party arm win succeed in bringing them into tho ranks and suniiort of Ihe ticket, remains to be seen hereafter. Yours truly. P. 8. Mr. Bebb left yesterday eveiiimr with impro ving health for Bucyrus, where lie nddresttcs a meeting to-day and intends addressing a meeting at Upper Sandusky Uiis evening. McC05MELSVILI.E. Auit. 2H. 18 Hi. Editor of the Journal : a it nut : J ho lunatic party held their district convention in this village yesterday to nominate a candidate lor Congress. In order to collect a mighty concourse this convention was called on the day that Sam'l Lowia was to address tho Liberty party in this counly. At II o'clock, A. M.,thcnicctingwascallcd to order by Mr. Me Coy, of Washington county, when winery ncys, oi morgan, was called to the chair, and David Putnam, Jr., was made Secretary. An enquiry was madu whether the Congressional delegates were present. Mr. Dunn, of Mormn, said he presumed they were all present who intended lo 1m there. That there was one nt the Morgan county delegation in attendance. Thero was no delegates announced from cither Washington or Perry. Mr. McCoy then moved that a Mr. Law ton, whose given name I forget, be the Linerly candidate Lot tins Congressional district. This motion waa seconded. After due time for deliberation, tho Chairman put the question rim race : " vou who ore in favor of Mr. Law ton being the Congressional candidate for Uiis district manifest it by saying aye." six voices responueo "aye.' ui these prouutiiy ont half wero delegates. Tho remainder were volunteers. 1 he exact number of Liberty men who attended this Convention, who will vote Iheir ticket, and who camt up to hear Mr. Lewis' speech, cannot bo exactly given. u was noi icss man six nor over niteen. Alter the nomination, a Mr. Hudson, a lunatic liberty man, who accompanies Mr. Lewis in his perambulations, waa called on for a speech. He is a man of some learning, great earnestness, and fair talent; one who is well calculated for such a crazy work of mischief, fie has a lively imagination, which affords him an inexhaustible fund of facts. On Una fund ho drew without stint. He is unquestionably consciencious. but when lit could not find such facts as he wanted to use against miu uiri no arew on nis imagination lor hem ; and this order waa invariably honored. He made a speech of about an hour made an appointment for Mr. Lewis at H P. M , when he renewed his speech, and continued unlil hall' past five. Mr. Lewis came not In Washington county 1 presume they will give quile a number of votes. In this county very few. These Liberty men are a strange compound. They are consciencious, crazy, and impracticable, and they seem united for the express purjiose of playing at cross-pur poses wnn themselves, and ot detesting their own ends. They have never attempted a political object hut what they have defeated; nor the prevention of a piece of villainy but what has been consummated through Iheir agency. The Whigs of Morgan are all opposed to Southern dictation, snd feel sensitively as men can feci, Uio insolence of Southern aggression. On this most exciting subject there is a like feeling by the Whigs and Uie abolitionists, and yet the Whigs are powerless because of the crazy conduct of the abolitionists. If we treat them as sane men should be treated, Uiey complain that we lack charity and want common courtesy. If wo extend charily and common courtesy towards them, they raise the hue and cry that we want in im very iricnuiy to get their votes. Hence we have with one accord concluded to let them elect their own President, iheir own Congressmen, their own Senators, Representatives, and county officers, and lo go on their own way rejoicing. Wo can elect our Stato and county tickets at all events they may give the Congressional district to the Locos, for wt can't afford tu lose 100 or IM votes. Our most efficient anti-slavery men are becoming decided iu the opinion that Southern aggression can only be met by uio vt mgs, mna ono oi uie most mnueniiai men oi int anti-slavery party said ycalerrlay, that " if ever tht Black Lawa were repealed the Whiga would do it." Respectfully, The War with Mkxico. The Washington correspondent of tho New York Journal of Commerce writes under date of the 27 ill August I learn that a cabinet council was held yesterday, on the subject of our relations with Mexico, and esMci-ally in reference to the recent demonstrations of tire Santa Anna party ; and Uiat it was determined to take no further steps, diplomatic or belligerent, in regard to Mexico, until tht result of Uit revolution shall bo known. The fleets art to remain inactive which, bv the way, is what they are just fit for and (Jen. Taylor is to continue lo menace an invasion, until the new Santa Anns government shall bo established. If diplomacy should then fail, Uie war is to he commenced in earnest, and means aro to be found to render our very expensive naval establishment somewhat Iras useless than it has hitherto been. Perseus unconnected with the navv. but who art acquainted with the topography and hydrography of Iho Mexican coast, are to be employed, and have already been nonsuited in refcrenco to some more efficient naval operations. Thk Kaktiiquakk at Boston. This innrninir, a few minutes (say Uiree minutes) before five o'clock, an earthquake ol very conaiderablu violeiieu was ex perienced in line city and vicinity. We havo heard from Cambridge, Newton, Lynn, Nsliant, Salem, 11c- veriey, westuoro and Worcester, and in most placet Ihe houses were shaken, windows aud doors rattled, Mis were rung, and the slumbering wero waked up. I ho vibrations do not appear lo have lMen preceded or attended by lhat rumbling suund which usually accompanies earthquakes. The sound, as it appeared to us, waa mora like that produced by Ihe sudden and violent motions of a person in an adjoining room, or in thu chamber over head. Some say Ihrre were two or three successive shocks, but to us it rather appeared hko one continued jar or shock of considerable violence. Ttio magnetic intensity of the Observatory at Cambridge, was greatly disturbed by the shock. The vioratious appeared to he in a directum north mid south, and to have continued for a second or two. We shall look with in te real for news from South America, which will nrobablv brimr us Uio inlelliocnce of a severe earthquake in that section of the world, the effects of which we have slightly tcH.thfton intreiter. V Al t' a at. it Disrovrnv. Tho Buffalo Commercial learns from a gentleman who has juat returned from Uio Wisconsin River, that bordering nn that river, about ten nr lit teen miles north of Helena, is antimony ore of the richest quality and iu Iho greatest abundance. The ore is as rich as the Gsletin or lead ore, and will yield about 05 per cent., pure antimony. It is found just where the broad field of copper ore stretching to the north and west crops out on Uie surface, and is aa easily raised as Uie lead ore. Furnaces for roasting tht sulphur in the ore having the artirla in the slain known as uio eruue antimony oi commerce, can be ereclrd at an expense of about two hundred and fifty dollars. When thus prepared, it is worth two or three tunes as much as lead. From the Tuscarawas Advocate. The Tax Law. We this week publish a statement of the amount of tax paid by several of our fanners in the different townships. The Locos, by misrepresentation nd falsehood, are attempting to. prejudice the people, against Uie new tux Uw, by staling that it will greatly increase their taxes. If it would they ought to be tht last to complain. The State debt, by the profligacy and extravagance of the Loco parly, was increased to U!i,:tH,ii), the interest of which amounts to $1,140, ou. uuuer the old tax law. llie proceeds of the oub- , lie works, and tho money raised by direct taxation, was nut siiuicient to pay the interest, and we were fast verging towards bankruptcy. What was to bo done f We had to increase the Slate revenue. To augment the revenue, the per cento ire on th duplicate would have to bo increased, or other article! must be listed for taxation. The Whigs were unwilling that our farmers and mechanics should be more heavily taxed than at present. They pnssed a new law, which wilt bring a million of the moneys and credits of the rich upon the duulicatc -our revenue will be increased. and the taxes of our farmers will bo considerably lest Uian they were lost year. Hy carefully examining tht statement of property listed, and the amount paid by the different persons givon below, most of our farmers can tell whether the taxes on their personal property win oe increased tins year. JJOVCR. J845. 1840. Joseph Keplinger, .... $3,17 $4,17 Abraham Ovcrholt, - . . . 4,i8 1,83 John McDowell, 1,3a John A. Myers, 4,H3 2,t4 Mr. Myers pays tax this year on two horses, ont pleasure carriage, and five head of cattle more than lie did in yet his chattel tax is f less Uiau a is last year. Bucks. 1P45. 1H4G. John A Mender, - . - - l& 00 Jacob Gonter, sen., 3 93 3 III John Mowl, 3 OS 1 in Philip Mizer, S 56 3 33 Mr. A Mender and Mr. Gonter, have both moro pro perly listed upon the duplicate Uiis year than they had last, and yet they nay less tax. Mr. Mowl pays taz only on one horse less this jear than he did in lb45. Esq. Mizer is taxed on one horse, ten head of catUe, and forty sheep more than he was under tho old tax law, and yet his tax is 23 cents cents less than it wat last year. W ARWICI, 1H45. 1R46. Edward Romig, . $3 (J7 $1 li'-l John Paddock, 1 711 1 fj Joseph Widencr, - 3 cJ 1 U4 Peter Widener, . .... 4 DO 3 It Mr. Paddock has one horse, three head of cattle. twelve hogs, and thirty-four sheep, mora entered upon ino duplicate this year, and Ins tax it decreased 17 cents'. Mr, Widener pays on one horse, one cow, Iweiity tivc sheep, and twelve hogs, more than ho did in ldi.", yet his tax is HI cents less than last year. V LA V. IM45. 1H40. Kdward Blocker,- - - $'.'14 $ A William Price, 1 GO 1 IM Samuel fry, I&j 1 341 1'elur Ldinuiids, ----36-1 ii 00 Mr. Stocker nnvs ln this vesr nn on hor. fntir cows, forty-two sheep, Hi hogs, and a plraauro carriage, more than ho did last year, and yet his tax hat decreased. Mr. Price owns two more horse, two cows, and thirty sheep, and his tax is only increased n cents, nir. r ry pays tax on one more horse, lour head of cattle, seventeen sheep, and six lions, and pays only two cents more than he did last year. BALE. 1845. 1ft46. William Reed $l,Ui $,! James Thompson . - . ii,43 j(4i; Christian Stucker 2,30 60 Hubbard Hill 3,71 2,fl Mr. Reed is taxed this year on one horse, II) sheep, and D'hogs more than he was under the old law. Mr. Thompson has ono horse, G cows, 37 sheep and 13 hogs, fur which he pays taxes this year that he did not in 115; and yet his taxes are 1)7 cents less. Christian Stucker has one horse less, but is taxed on ti cows, U sheep, and ti hogs, more than he waa last year. Oxronu. 184R. !45. John Mulvaine $3,Vj $l,Mi . Daniel Anderson 3,07 '21 Daniel Meek U,4'i til John Wilson y,M4 (u:t Joht Booth 6,4-J ,tt George Booth 4,fci ,31 Mr. Anderson is taxed on 9 head of cattle, 8 hogs, and 3T sheep more than he was last year, and yet ihia tax on his personal property is $1,40 less under Uiv new than it was under the old tax law. The property taxed belonging to Mr. Meek and Wilson, does not vary much from last year. Mr. Mulvaine has one cow, 7 sheep, 5 hogs and 1 pleasure carriage taxed this, that was not last year, and yet his taxes have decreased $1,57. Georgo Booth lias three head of oalUe lest this year, but he has 1!4 sheep and Itf bogs entered! upon the duplicate this year for taxation, and he pays $l,l7 leas than he did in lri45 Oh ! how oppressive mis tax law is upon uie farmers: 'I he tax payers can now seo what an nnnrincinhxl set of demnffoffues the Locofocos have for their h-sH. ers. They assert week after week that it will oppress our farmers and mechanics. Lvery time lliey mako tho statement, Uiey know it is a moat palpable falsehood . Here we have selected a number of persona wno resiue in ainereni townships in uiis county, and we find that their taxes have decreased in tome instances nearly one-half. The Loco leaders well know that when the tax law is properly understood, it cannot help but be a popular measure. It ia based upon tho only just principle of taxation; that is, to make every man pay in piuporuon 10 wnsi lie IB actually worth. Our wealthy capitalists who havo thousand! of dollars invested in trade, and others who lived in princely furnished houses, will now be coin pel led to bear aa equal proportion of the burthens of taxation. Under Uiis law, the taxes of most of our farmers and mechanics will be considerably lest than Uiey were last year. Dome may wonoer now we will be able to raise sufficient revenue to pay Uie interest upon the public debt, and defray the annual expenses of tho Stale. Tho deficiency will be made up by bringing; millions of dollars worth of property on Uie duplicate that was not heretofore subject lo taxation. Under the old law merchants' capital, moneys and credits at interest, ac, amounted in IM4 to $7,500,0(15 th it year the merchants, money lenders and manufacturers, will have to pay tax on about heenty-ttro miliums of dollars! Let our farmers recollect that Uie new law reduces their taxes, and makes the merchants, manufacturers and money shavers, pay tax on about $ir,-000,mH) more property than they did in 1FJ44 under Uit old law. Errcrv or Lirr in Pari. In Galiirnani'a new Paris Guide, we find the following statement, which may supply matter for medical as well as moral speculation. If tho facts be as here staled, it is important , to inquire whether they be found similar in other largo cities, and what can be Uie cause or causes of such a ' result: It has been remarked that families eonaUnilv m. siding in Paris soon benoinu extinct, and that out of Uio whole population ot the town there arc perhaps not moro than 1IXNJ individuals who can reckon on their ancestors, as inhabitants of Paris, Irom father to son so far back as the reign of Louis XIII. The effects of Una mortality are observed lobe more active upon males than females. A Parisian youUi of Uie second or third generation has almost the form and manners of a woman ! He has seldom any children that live, and henct it may bo inferred that all families which, whether from taste or necessity, pass their lives in a town resi dence or a shop, are irrevocably doomed to ultimata extinction. I hose that pass the summer in the country last longer than the others, aa may bo seen in tho case of some ancient noble families that have been established in the capilol more than a century. The class of the nobles has, however, become much weak ened since they have give up inhabiting their caatleo and manors ; and Ihe massive architecture of Uie hotels nf Ihe Kaubourg St. Germain no longer correspond to Uie diminished stature of their inhabitants." Ohio Vomjhtkehs. Wo havo been shown a letter from ono of the First Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, of td August. There is little news that we have not had previously. General good health prevailed in Uio Camp, and they are pleasantly situated on an elevated slrip of ground about six miles in length, three hundred yards wide, and about six hundred yards from iho Rio Grande, opposite uunia. lien, llamcr had returned a day or two before front Head Quarters, and a report prevailed in Camp that the First Regiment would take up their lino of march to Monterey on tho Hlih August. Tht distance ia three hundred and seventy miles. The Third Regiment are to garrison at Matamnraa. The writer adds a short list of pricea of groceries, and promises a more full account when ho writes again. ney are nigti enough in all conscience : Sugar, per lb., inferior, 40 cents ; Coffee, do do, 3.V.; Cheese, do do, 30c.; Cider, per gallon, stale, $J 50; Whiskey, per gallon, inferior, $4 IK) ; Shoes, stogns, per pair, $4 50 j Shirts, each, hickory, $ ihi. vm. uuxrtit. Wr-iTKiis Rkskkvk Coi.i.kuk. The commencement excrcisca of this institution were attended oq Wednesday and Thursday of Ihe present week. The friends of this institution will bo gratified la learn that within a few monllia ita prospects have materially briirhtencd, and lhat through the able finan ciering of ita President aud Board of Trust, lie debt have been nearly an liquidated At tin recent session of Ihe Trustees, Mr. Joseph Perkins, of Warren, wat elrrtcd to lill the vacancy in the ir body caused ny uit resignation of Harmon Kingsbury, of Hut city. tit ret a ad Herald.